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Callidrepana argenteola

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Callidrepana argenteola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Callidrepana
Species: C. argenteola
Binomial name
Callidrepana argenteola
(Moore, )
Synonyms
  • Drepana argenteola Moore,
  • Drepana bracteata Hampson, 1893
  • Callidrepana dialitha West, 1932
  • Callidrepana bracteata celebensis Warren, 1922

Callidrepana argenteola is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1860. It is found from the Oriental tropics to Taiwan, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Timor. The habitat consists of lowland forests.

The wingspan is about 54 mm.

The larvae feed on Mangifera species.

Subspecies

  • Callidrepana argenteola argenteola
  • Callidrepana argenteola celebensis Warren, 1922 (Sulawesi)
  • Callidrepana argenteola dialitha West, 1932 (Philippines)

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Callidrepana argenteola​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Callidrepana argenteola (Moore, [1860])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. Novitates Zoologicae. 37: 228
  4. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Callidrepana argenteola Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Callidrepana argenteola


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