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Ditrigona conflexaria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ditrigona

Ditrigona conflexaria is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Strand in 1917. It is found in China, Japan and Taiwan.

The wingspan is 16-17.5 mm for males and 17-20.5 mm for females. The fore- and hindwings are weakly lustrous white or buff, the forewings with the costa buff, darkening proximally. There are four brownish yellow fasciae. The hindwings are as the forewings.

Subspecies

  • Ditrigona conflexaria conflexaria (northern China)
  • Ditrigona conflexaria cerodeta Wilkinson, 1968 (China: Yunnan)
  • Ditrigona conflexaria micronioides (Strand, 1916) (eastern China, Taiwan, Japan)

    • References

    Ditrigona conflexaria Wikipedia
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