Drepanofoda

Drepanofoda is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Drepanofoda juncta, is found in Sikkim, India. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1926 and the species in 1894.[1][2]

Drepanofoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Calpinae
Genus:
Drepanofoda

Hampson, 1926
Species:
D. juncta
Binomial name
Drepanofoda juncta
Hampson, 1894
Synonyms
  • Drepanofoda atrata C. Swinhoe, 1902

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drepanofoda". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Drepanofoda Hampson, 1926". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 9, 2020.


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