Ditrigona artema

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

Ditrigona artema
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D. artema
Binomial name
Ditrigona artema
Wilkinson, 1968

The wingspan is 17.5–20 mm for males and 19–22 mm for females. The fore- and hindwings are white, the forewings with the costa dark yellowish brown at the base, the remainder buff. The basal fasciae pale grey, consisting of sub-basal, antemedial and medial fasciae, double postmedial fascia and subterminal fascia. There is a conspicuous white area between the medial and postmedial fasciae and the area between the antemedial and medial fasciae is often speckled with grey. The hindwings are as the forewings, but with distal line of the double postmedial fascia less well marked.[2]

References

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