Drapetodes mitaria

{{short description|Species of hook-tip moth}}

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| taxon = Drapetodes mitaria

| authority = Guenée, 1857

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  • Drapetodes mitaria Guenée, 1858
  • Drapetodes albidior Warren, 1922
  • Drapetodes vapida Warren, 1922
  • Drapetodes platycerata Walker, 1862

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Drapetodes mitaria is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1857.{{LepIndex |id=84359 |accessdate=May 22, 2018}} It is found in Hong Kong and from India to Singapore and in Taiwan.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/drapetodes/#mitaria |title=Drapetodes mitaria Guenée, 1857 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 4, 2018}}

Adults are on wing in June and July.[http://www.geocities.ws/drepanidae/drep.24.html "Drapetodes mitaria Guenée"]. Oriental Butterflies & Moths. Retrieved August 4, 2018.

The larvae feed on Hedychium species.

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Category:Moths described in 1857

Category:Drepaninae

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