Toosa batesi

Toosa batesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Thyrididae
Genus:	Toosa
Species:	T. batesi
Binomial name
	Toosa batesi; Bethune-Baker, 1927

Last updated April 14, 2023

Toosa batesi is a moth in the family Thyrididae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927.^[1] It is found in Cameroon.^[2]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Both wings are dark lustrous metallic green without any markings.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Toosa batesi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Toosa batesi Bethune-Baker, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
↑ Bethune-Baker, G. T. (1927). "Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (9) 20: 321–334. 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). "Toosa batesi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Toosa batesi Bethune-Baker, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[3] Bethune-Baker, G. T. (1927). "Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (9) 20: 321–334. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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