''Callidrepana gemina'' 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 is found in north-eastern

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and the Chinese provinces of

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

and

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

. The length of the forewings is 15–17 mm for males and 17.5–20 mm for females. The ground colour is yellowish white, the apical markings, cell-spot and subterminal spots dark reddish brown, while the other markings are yellowish brown. The costa is dull yellowish orange at the base and both wings have bands of brilliant lustrous scales along the veins proximal to the postmedial fascia, along the distal edge of the postmedial fascia and along the basal half of the costa.''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology)''. Supplement 12: 119
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Subspecies

*''Callidrepana gemina gemina'' (north-eastern India) *''Callidrepana gemina curta'' Watson, 1968 (China: Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang)

References

Moths described in 1968 Drepaninae {{Drepaninae-stub