Ditrigona sericea is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1898.[1] It is found in China, Myanmar and north-eastern India.

Ditrigona sericea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Ditrigona
Species:
D. sericea
Binomial name
Ditrigona sericea
(Leech, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Teldenia sericea Leech, 1898
  • Drepana fulvicosta Dudgeon, 1899
  • Peridrepana fulvicosta
  • Leucodrepana nivea birmanica Bryk, 1943

The wingspan is 12.5-17.5 mm for males and 15–21 mm for females.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ditrigona sericea​". 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. 31 (4).