Callidrepana hirayamai

Callidrepana hirayamai is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was first described by Kikujiro Nagano in 1918.[1] It is found in Japan and the Chinese provinces of Fujian and Hunan.[2]

Callidrepana hirayamai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Callidrepana
Species:
C. hirayamai
Binomial name
Callidrepana hirayamai
Nagano, 1918
Synonyms
  • Callidrepana yakushimalis Yamamoto, 1960

The length of the forewings is 13.5–18 mm for males and 16.5–19 mm for females. Adults are similar to Callidrepana ovata and Callidrepana patrana, but have a dotted rectangular marking at the end of the cell on the forewings. The coloration is similar to patrana, but in many specimens the ground colour is dull greyish yellow.[3]

Subspecies
  • Callidrepana hirayamai hirayamai (Japan)
  • Callidrepana hirayamai forcipulata Watson, 1968 (China: Fujian, Hunan)

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Callidrepana hirayamai". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Callidrepana hirayamai Nagano, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  3. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series Supplement 12: 119


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