Ditrigona aphya

Ditrigona aphya is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Wilkinson in 1968.[1] It is found in China.

Ditrigona aphya
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D. aphya
Binomial name
Ditrigona aphya
Wilkinson, 1968

The wingspan is 17 mm. The fore- and hindwings are lustrous white, the forewings with the costa pale buff, darkening proximally. The wings are almost unmarked, but there are very pale brownish buff, indistinct antemedial, postmedial and subterminal fasciae. The hindwings are as the forewings.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ditrigona aphya". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Wilkinson, Christopher, 1968: A taxonomic revision of the genus Ditrigona (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae). The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London Volume 31, Issue 4; Abstract: A taxonomic revision of the genus Ditrigona (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae)


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