Tridrepana olivacea

Tridrepana olivacea is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1922.[1] It is found in New Guinea, extending to Goodenough Island and the Bismarck Archipelago.[2]

Tridrepana olivacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Tridrepana
Species:
T. olivacea
Binomial name
Tridrepana olivacea
(Warren, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Iridrepana olivacea Warren, 1922
  • Tridrepana fulvata ab. olivacea
  • Iridrepana semirufa Warren, 1922
  • Tridrepana semirufata
  • Iridrepana semirufa elegans Warren, 1922
  • Iridrepana semirufa ab. diluta Warren, 1922
  • Tridrepana tristigma Warren, 1922

The wingspan is about 34–41 mm for males and about 44.5 mm for females.[3]

Subspecies
  • Tridrepana olivacea olivacea
  • Tridrepana olivacea crocata Watson, 1957 (Rook Island and New Britain)

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. The Hooktips (Drepanidae, Drepaninae) of Papua Indonesia
  3. Watson, Allan (1957). "A revision of the genus Tridrepana Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 4 (9): 407–500 – via BioStor.


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