Teldenia subpura

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Teldenia subpura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Teldenia
Species:T. subpura
Binomial name
Teldenia subpura
Rothschild, 1915
Synonyms
  • Felderia subpura

Teldenia subpura is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1915. [1] It is found in West Papua and on Obi Island and Sulawesi.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Drepanidae family of insects

The Drepanidae is 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 superficial resemblance to Noctuidae. Many species in the Drepanid family have a distinctively hook-shaped apex to the forewing, leading to their common name of hook-tips.

Sulawesi island of Indonesia

Sulawesi, formerly known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago. Within Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger populations.

The length of the forewings is 14.5–16 mm for males and 15–17 mm for females. The fore- and hindwings are uniform white. [2]

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Teldenia geminata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1922. It is found in New Guinea.

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Teldenia obsoleta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1896. It is found in Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines.

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Teldenia subpura". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. Wilkinson, Christopher, 1967: A taxonomic revision of the genus Teldenia Moore (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae, Drepaninae). The Transactions of the Zoological Society of LondonVolume 119, Issue 11