Ditrigona candida

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

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

The wingspan is 19–22 mm for males and 20–23 mm for females. The fore- and hindwings are lustrous white, the forewings with the costa buff. The sub-basal and antemedial fasciae are pale grey and angled in the cell, consisting of a broad postmedial fascia speckled with grey up to the fringe. The subterminal fascia are very weakly defined or absent. The hindwings have the sub-basal fascia absent and the antemedial fascia not angled in the cell. The subterminal fascia is represented by diffuse speckling.[2]

References

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