Teinotarsina aurantiaca

Teinotarsina aurantiaca is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Japan (Okinawa-jima).[1][2]

Teinotarsina aurantiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Teinotarsina
Species:
T. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Teinotarsina aurantiaca
Yagi, Hirowatari & Arita, 2016

The wingspan is about 29 mm. The forewings are basally transparent, in other parts semitransparent with a brownish sheen. At the costal and anal margins, the CuA-stem is black with a dark violet-purple sheen, scattered with orange scales. The discal spot is yellow-orange and the apical area is narrow with yellowish orange scales. There are projections of dark brown scales from the distal margin of the forewing into the cells of ETA, but no projection into ATA and PTA. The hindwings are basally transparent, other parts semitransparent with a brownish sheen. The veins and outer margin are dark brown with orange scales and the discal spot is undeveloped. The apical area has orange scales and the outer margin is narrow, about two-three times as narrow as the cilia, which is dark brown.

Etymology

The species name aurantiaca is the female form of Latin aurantiacus (meaning orange) and refers to the orange body of the species.[3]

References
  1. Kyushu University (2016-03-08). "Okinawade hachini gitaishita shinshuno gawo hakken! [沖縄でハチに擬態した新種のガを発見!]" [Discovered a new species of moth mimicking bee in Okinawa!] (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  2. Koyama, Sho (2016-03-09). "Okinawade hachini gitaishita shinshuno gawo hakken - Kyūshū Daigaku [沖縄でハチに擬態した新種のガを発見 - 九州大学]" [Discovered a new species of moth mimicking bee in Okinawa - Kyushu University] (in Japanese). Mynavi Corporation. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  3. Yagi, S., Hirowatari, T. & Arita, T. 2016. A remarkable new species of the genus Teinotarsina (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Okinawa-jima, Japan. ZooKeys 571: 143-152. doi:10.3897/zookeys.571.7780.


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