Takapsestis fascinata

Takapsestis fascinata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Yoshimoto in 1990.[1] It is found in northern Vietnam and Yunnan, China.[2]

Takapsestis fascinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Takapsestis
Species:
T. fascinata
Binomial name
Takapsestis fascinata
Yoshimoto, 1990

The wingspan is 37–39 mm. The forewings are dark grey with two creamy-white spots in the cell and four minute discocellular creamy-white spots. The median and postmedian lines are black and the space between them pale grey. There is a black and thick apical streak and the subterminal line is obsolete and weakly serrate. The hindwings are uniform pale brown.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  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. Yoshimoto, H. (1990) "Takapsestis fascinata sp. n. from China (Lepidoptera, Thyatiridae)". Nota lepidopterologica. 13 (4): 236-241.


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