Ditrigona platytes

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

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

The wingspan is 14-15.5 mm for males and 13.5-16.5 mm for females. The fore- and hindwings are lustrous white, the forewings with the costa yellowish white, becoming greyish brown at the base. There are two pairs of broad pale greyish buff fasciae, nearly straight, the most distal line expanded at the costa and a narrow greyish brown terminal fascia. The hindwings have a similar pattern corresponding with the fasciae of forewings.[2]

References

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