Agnidra Tigrina
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''Agnidra tigrina'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Drepanidae The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies) which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a super ...
. It was described by Hong-Fu Chu and Lin-Yao Wang in 1988. It is found in
Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
, China. The length of the forewings is 17–19 mm. Adults are similar to ''
Agnidra vinacea ''Agnidra vinacea'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found in Sikkim, north-eastern India and north-eastern Myanmar. The wingspan is 17.5–21 mm for males and 19.5–23.5 mm for fema ...
'', but there are three arrow-shaped markings at the apex along both sides of the oblique postmedial line, as well as black lines on an orange ground colour., 1988: On the Chinese Drepaninae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) genus ''Agnidra'' Moore, 1868. ''Acta Entomologica Sinica'' 31 (1): 85-93.


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Moths described in 1988 Drepaninae Moths of Asia {{Drepaninae-stub