Drapetodes fratercula

Drapetodes fratercula is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1887.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] north-eastern Himalaya, Borneo, Bali, and Sulawesi.[3]

Drapetodes fratercula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Drapetodes
Species:	D. fratercula
Binomial name
Drapetodes fratercula Moore, 1887

Description

Both wings with the outer margins excised below the apices and angled at vein 4. Body is fulvous yellow. Forewing with a plumbeous line below the costa of forewing from the base to the apex, then passing inside the outer margin to outer angle. The basal area of both wings, and all the markings well defined. The mesothorax, metathorax and abdomen pale. Abdomen has dark bands. Larva salmon pink. Head pale yellow with two brown transverse bands. Anal somite tapering to a bifid point, each somite with six small setaceous glandular spines. Dorsal surface of first, second, and third somites are dull green, whereas fourth, fifth tenth and eleventh somites are brownish. Lateral area of sixth to ninth somites is yellowish. There is a lateral series of six dark brown diagonal stripes. Final instar spins a cocoon in a rolled up lead. Pupa covered with white bloom.[4]

Ecology

The known host plants of larva are cardamom and allies of family Zingiberaceae.[3]

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Drapetodes fratercula Moore, 1887". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Drapetodes fratercula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
3. "Drapetodes fratercula Moore". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
4. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.