A taxonomic revision of Tridrepana Swinhoe, 1895 in China, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae)
Author
Song, Wenhui
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101 China & Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 China. E-mail: songwh @ ioz. ac. cn
Author
Xue, Dayong
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101
Author
Han, Hongxiang
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101
hanhx@ioz.ac.cn
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Zootaxa
2011
2011-09-12
3021
39
62
journal article
1175-5326
Tridrepana fulva
(
Hampson, 1893
)
Figs 25, 71, 94
Drepana fulva
Hampson, 1893
,
Fauna Brit.
India
(Moths), 1: 342.
Holotype
♂
,
India
:
Sikkim
. (BMNH)
Iridrepana fulva
:
Warren, 1922
,
in
Seitz,
Macrolepid. World
, 10: 466, pl.49: d.
Tridrepana fulva
:
Gaede, 1931
,
Lepid. Cat.
, 49: 29.
Diagnosis.
The forewing apex of this species is less falcate than the other species in this group. It is also distinguishable from other species by the orange ground colour, the small and indistinct spots on the upperside of both wings, the faint pale brown patches near the lower angle of the cell on the forewing with only slightly darker center spots, and the absence of the forewing apical patch. This species is close to
T. finita
in the male genitalia, but can be differentiated by the following features: the eighth tergite is nearly quadrate in
T. fulva
, but ampullate in
T. finita
; the bundle of spines of the cornuti in
T. fulva
is thinner than that in
T. finita
.
Material examined.
INDIA
,
Sikkim
,
13000 ft
, 1887, coll.
H. J. Elwes
,
1♂
(
Holotype
) (
BMNH
, photograph examined)
.
Distribution.
China
(
Tibet
),
India
(
Sikkim
),
Nepal
.