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Drepanogynis bifasciata

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Species of moth

Sargasso Emerald
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Drepanogynis
Species: D. bifasciata
Binomial name
Drepanogynis bifasciata
(Dewitz, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Argyrophora bifasciata Dewitz, 1881
  • Axiodes bifasciata Warren, 1894

Drepanogynis bifasciata, the Sargasso Emerald, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1881. It is found in South Africa, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe.

Description

In Karoo National Park, South Africa

"Forewing 13-16mm. Thorax green, abdomen brown; forewings green, marked with 2 wide, meandering white lines (edged with brown in some specimens) and white ring between, margins with white flashes, sometimes brown between these; hindwings white basally with central brown cell spot, wide light brown margin often chequered brown and white." (Staude et al., 2023, p. 206)

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Drepanogynis bifasciata (Dewitz, 1881)". Afromoths. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. "Drepanogynis bifasciata African Moths". africanmoths.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  3. Staude, Hermann; Picker, Mike; Griffiths, Charles (2023). Southern African Moths and Their Caterpillars. Struik Nature. p. 206. ISBN 978 1 77584 795 3.
Taxon identifiers
Drepanogynis bifasciata


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