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Tridrepana trialba

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Species of hook-tip moth

Tridrepana trialba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Tridrepana
Species: T. trialba
Binomial name
Tridrepana trialba
Watson, 1957

Tridrepana trialba is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Allan Watson in 1957. It is found on Sulawesi in Indonesia.

The wingspan is about 27.6–35 mm for males and 37.6-38.8 mm for females. Adults can be distinguished from related species by a white (not brown) mid-cell spot on the upperside of the forewings.

References

  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Watson, Allan (1957). "A revision of the genus Tridrepana Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 4 (9): 407–500 – via BioStor.
Taxon identifiers
Tridrepana trialba


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