Thymistadopsis albidescens

Thymistadopsis albidescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Thymistadopsis
Species:	T. albidescens
Binomial name
	Thymistadopsis albidescens; (Hampson, 1895)
Synonyms
	Problepsidis albidescensHampson, 1895;

Last updated June 13, 2022

Thymistadopsis albidescens is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1895.^[1] It is found in the Indian states of Sikkim and Assam.^[2]

The wingspan is about 42 mm. Adults are greyish white, the forewings with a black speck at the end of the cell and a postmedial black spot on the costa. There is an oblique fine waved line from the apex to the inner margin beyond the middle with a black subapical mark on it. The marginal area is browner with indistinct submarginal and marginal brown lines. The hindwings have traces of an oblique subbasal line and there is a postmedial black band, as well as a diffused submarginal line and fine marginal line.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Thymistadopsis albidescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 29, 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku. "Thymistadopsis albidescens (Hampson, 1895)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1895 (2): 288 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Thymistadopsis albidescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 29, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Thymistadopsis albidescens (Hampson, 1895)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2018.

[3] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1895 (2): 288 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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