Ditrigona aphya

Ditrigona aphya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Ditrigona
Species: D. aphya
Binomial name
Ditrigona aphya
Wilkinson, 1968

Ditrigona aphya is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Wilkinson in 1968.[1] It is found in China.

The wingspan is 17 mm. The fore- and hindwings are lustrous white, the forewings with the costa pale buff, darkening proximally. The wings are almost unmarked, but there are very pale brownish buff, indistinct antemedial, postmedial and subterminal fasciae. The hindwings are as the forewings.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ditrigona aphya". 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). 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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