Ditrigona quinaria

Ditrigona quinaria is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1867.[1] It is found in China, Tibet and India.

Ditrigona quinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Ditrigona
Species:
D. quinaria
Binomial name
Ditrigona quinaria
(Moore, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Drepanodes quinaria Moore, 1867
  • Leucodrepana nivea Hampson, 1893

The wingspan is 12–17.5 mm for males and 14–18.5 for females. The forewings and hindwings are speckled with grey. There are five grey transverse fasciae, consisting of a double antemedial fascia with the distal line thickest and a single broad conspicuous postmedial fascia. The narrow terminal fascia are usually present.[2]

Subspecies
  • Ditrigona quinaria quinaria (Tibet, north-eastern India)
  • Ditrigona quinaria erminea Wilkinson, 1968 (China: Shensi)
  • Ditrigona quinaria leucophaea Wilkinson, 1968 (Tibet)
  • Ditrigona quinaria nivea (Hampson, 1893) (India: Assam)
  • Ditrigona quinaria spodia Wilkinson, 1968 (China: Yunnan)

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ditrigona quinaria". 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)". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 31 (4).


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