Tridrepana melliflua

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

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| taxon = Tridrepana melliflua

| authority = (Warren, 1922)

| synonyms = *Iridrepana melliflua Warren, 1922

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Tridrepana melliflua is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1922.{{cite web |editor-last=Beccaloni |editor-first=George |display-editors=etal |date=February 2005 |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/search/ |title=Scientific name search |website=The Global Lepidoptera Names Index |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}} It is found in New Guinea, but probably also occurs in Papua New Guinea.[http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Drepanidae/Drepaninae/Tridrepana/Tridrepana%20melliflua.htm The Hooktips (Drepanidae, Drepaninae) of Papua Indonesia]

The wingspan is about 31.8–35.4 mm for males and 35.2–43.8 mm for females.{{cite journal |last=Watson |first=Allan |date=1957 |url=http://direct.biostor.org/reference/59426 |title=A revision of the genus Tridrepana Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) |journal=Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology |volume=4 |issue=9 |pages=407–500 |via=BioStor}}

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Category:Moths described in 1922

Category:Drepaninae

Category:Moths of New Guinea

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