Tridrepana argentistriga

Tridrepana argentistriga is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1896.[1] It is found in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Borneo, Sulawesi), Myanmar[2] and Hainan, China.[3]

Tridrepana argentistriga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Tridrepana
Species:
T. argentistriga
Binomial name
Tridrepana argentistriga
Warren, 1896
Synonyms
  • Iridrepana argentistriga Warren, 1922

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.[4]

Subspecies
  • Tridrepana argentistriga argentistriga
  • Tridrepana argentistriga brevilinea Watson, 1957 (Sulawesi)

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tridrepana argentistriga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Tridrepana Swinhoe, 1895". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. 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)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3021: 39–62 – via India Biodiversity Portal.
  4. Novitates Zoologicae 3: 339


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