Tridrepana flava

Tridrepana flava is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It is found in the north-eastern parts of the Himalaya, China, Taiwan, Sundaland, and Sulawesi.

Tridrepana flava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Tridrepana
Species:
T. flava
Binomial name
Tridrepana flava
(Moore, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Drepana flava Moore, 1879
  • Albara flava
  • Callidrepana flava
  • Iridrepana flava

The larvae feed on the leaves of Eurya japonica. Mature larvae curl a leaf margin and fix it with silk to pupate inside.[1]

Subspecies
  • Tridrepana flava flava (India, north-eastern Himalaya, Taiwan, China: Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan)
  • Tridrepana flava contracta Watson, 1957 (Sundaland)
  • Tridrepana flava unita Watson, 1957 (Sulawesi)

References
  1. Larval Morphology and Host Plants of Drepanidea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) in Southern Taiwan Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine


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