Ditrigona lineata

Ditrigona lineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Ditrigona
Species:	D. lineata
Binomial name
	Ditrigona lineata; (Leech, 1898)
Synonyms
	Leucodrepana lineata Leech, 1898;

Ditrigona lineata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1898.[1] It is found in China.

The wingspan is 17–19 mm for males and 19–24 mm for females. The forewings and hindwings are lustrous white, the forewings with the costa yellowish brown at the base, the remainder buff. The fasciae are brownish grey, sub-basal, antemedial, postmedial and two subterminal, all more or less evenly spaced. The hindwings are similar to the forewings.[2]

Subspecies

Ditrigona lineata lineata (China: Yunnan, Sichuan)
Ditrigona lineata tephroides Wilkinson, 1968 (China: Shensi, Tibet)

References

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

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ditrigona lineata". 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. 31 (4).