Tridrepana argentistriga explained

Tridrepana argentistriga is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1896. It is found in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Borneo, Sulawesi), Myanmar[1] and Hainan, China.[2]

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are yellow, the outer half with pale red-brown suffusion. There is a dark red-brown line from before the apex to the middle of the inner margin, meeting a vertical line which becomes obsolete at the median. There is also an irregularly wavy red-brown submarginal line, its upper half edged externally with silvery white. The hindwings are yellow, with an oblique antemedial line and a fine postmedial line. There is an oval silvery spot at the lower end of the discocellular, and a fine linear spot at the upper end.[3]

Subspecies

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Tridrepana Swinhoe, 1895 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 5, 2018.
  2. Song . Wenhui . Xue . Dayong . Han . Hongxiang . September 12, 2011 . A taxonomic revision of Tridrepana Swinhoe, 1895 in China, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) . Zootaxa . 3021 . 39–62 . India Biodiversity Portal.
  3. https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi03lond#page/339/mode/1up Novitates Zoologicae 3: 339