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Ditrigona candida

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

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.

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