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Tridrepana flava

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Scientific name
  
Tridrepana flava

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tridrepana

Rank
  
Subspecies

Tridrepana flava

Similar
  
Tridrepana, Tridrepana unispina, Microblepsis, Albara reversaria, Drepaninae

Tridrepana flava is a moth of the Drepanidae family. It is found in the north-eastern parts of the Himalaya, China, Taiwan, Sundaland, and Sulawesi.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Eurya japonica. Mature larvae curl a leaf margin and fix it with silk to pupate inside.

Subspecies

  • Tridrepana flava flava (India, north-eastern Himalaya, Taiwan, China: Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan)
  • Tridrepana flava contracta Watson, 1957 (Sundaland)
  • Tridrepana flava unita Watson, 1957 (Sulawesi)

    • References

    Tridrepana flava Wikipedia
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