Ditrigona sacra

Ditrigona sacra is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.[1] It is found in Japan and Korea.

Ditrigona sacra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Ditrigona
Species:
D. sacra
Binomial name
Ditrigona sacra
(Butler, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Corycia sacra Butler, 1878
  • Bapta sacra
  • Leucodrepana sacra
  • Leucodrepanilla sacra
  • Corycia virgo Butler, 1878
  • Leucodrepana virgo
  • Leucodrepanilla virgo

The wingspan is 11.5-17.5 mm for males and 14-19.5 mm for females. The forewings and hindwings are weakly lustrous and white, the forewings have the costa white or very pale buff. The fasciae are brownish buff, the antemedial fascia angled at the posterior edge of the cell, the postmedial fascia lunulate. There is a brown spot at the distal end of the cell and at the ends of each vein. The hindwings are as the forewings, except that there is no antemedial fascia.[2]

References
  1. "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  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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