Drapetodes croceago

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]

Drapetodes croceago
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Drapetodes
Species:
D. croceago
Binomial name
Drapetodes croceago
Hampson, 1895

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
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drapetodes croceago". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Drapetodes croceago Hampson, 1895". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1895 (2): 290


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