Biology:Tridrepana fulva

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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth

Tridrepana fulva
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Tridrepana
Species:
T. fulva
Binomial name
Tridrepana fulva
(Hampson, [1893])
Synonyms
  • Drepana fulva Hampson, 1893
  • Iridrepana fulva

Tridrepana fulva is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] It is found in Tibet in China, Sikkim in India and Nepal.[2]

The wingspan is about 44 mm. Adults are bright fulvous yellow, the forewings with traces of two dark specks beyond the cell in the interspaces between veins 2 and 4. The hindwings are uniform fulvous yellow.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Tridrepana fulva". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=84762.  Note: This source gives 1892 as the year of description.
  2. 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)". Zootaxa 3021: 39–62. http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/documents/433.pdf. 
  3. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. p. 342. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/370/mode/1up.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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