Biology:Drapetodes croceago
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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth
| Drapetodes croceago | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Drapetodes |
| Species: | D. croceago
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| Binomial name | |
| Drapetodes croceago Hampson, 1895
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Drapetodes croceago is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1895.[1] It is found in southern Myanmar and on Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.[2]
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are bright orange yellow, the forewings with orange veins and four slightly waved orange lines before the middle. The disc is clouded with fuscous and there are two black spots at the end of the cell, as well as two curved postmedial orange lines and two dentate submarginal lines. The hindwings have the disc clouded with fuscous and there is a black speck at the end of the cell. There are also a medial, postmedial and two crenulate submarginal lines.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Drapetodes croceago". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=84369.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Drapetodes croceago Hampson, 1895". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/drapetodes/#croceago. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
- ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1895 (2): 290
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Wikidata ☰ Q13597237 entry
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