Species of hook-tip moth
Tridrepana fulva is a moth in the family Drepanidae . It was described by George Hampson in 1893.[ 1] It is found in Tibet in China, Sikkim in India and Nepal .[ 2]
The wingspan is about 44 mm. Adults are bright fulvous yellow, the forewings with traces of two dark specks beyond the cell in the interspaces between veins 2 and 4. The hindwings are uniform fulvous yellow.[ 3]
References
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tridrepana fulva " . The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 29, 2018 . Note: This source gives 1892 as the year of description.
^ Song, Wenhui; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (September 12, 2011). "A taxonomic revision of Tridrepana Swinhoe, 1895 in China, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae)" (PDF) . Zootaxa . 3021 : 39– 62 – via India Biodiversity Portal.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I . Taylor and Francis. p. 342 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .