Ditrigona quinquelineata

Ditrigona quinquelineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Ditrigona
Species:	D. quinquelineata
Binomial name
	Ditrigona quinquelineata; (Leech, 1898)
Synonyms
	Leucodrepana quinquelineata Leech, 1898; Auzatella quinquelineata;

Ditrigona quinquelineata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1898.[1] It is found in Japan.

The wingspan is 11.5-14.5 mm for males and about 17 mm for females. The forewings and hindwings are lustrous white, the forewings have five lunulate fasciae, consisting of antemedial, medial, postmedial and two subterminal fasciae. The hindwings are as the forewings, but the medial fascia is absent.[2]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ditrigona quinquelineata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
Wilkinson, Christopher (1968). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Ditrigona (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae)". The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 31 (4).

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ditrigona quinquelineata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

[2] Wilkinson, Christopher (1968). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Ditrigona (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae: Drepaninae)". The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 31 (4).