Tethea albicosta

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Tethea albicosta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Tethea
Species:
T. albicosta
Binomial name
Tethea albicosta
(Moore, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Thyatira albicostaMoore, 1867
  • Tethea albicosta birmanicaWerny, 1966

Tethea albicosta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. [1] It is found in Nepal, Assam in India, Myanmar and the Chinese provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Tibet. [2]

Adults are greyish brown, the forewings varied pinkish and greenish white along the costa beneath which are several narrow transverse undulating dark-brown pale-bordered lines. There are two indistinct reniform discal marks, as well as a curved streak beneath the apex and a marginal undulating narrow line. The hindwings have a discal and two subbasal pale bands. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tethea albicosta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID   25947492.
  3. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 45 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .