Teldenia specca
Teldenia specca is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Wilkinson in 1967.[1] It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas and from western China to Borneo, Sumatra, Palawan, Buru and New Guinea.[2]
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The length of the forewings is 9-11.5 mm for males and 10.5-12.5 mm for females. The ground colour, fringe and costa are white, the forewings with buff lunulate postmedial and subterminal fasciae. There is a row of buff spots edged in dark brown immediately proximal to the postmedial fascia. There is also a row of dark brown or black terminal spots. The hindwings are as the forewings.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Teldenia specca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- Savela, Markku. "Teldenia specca Wilkinson, 1967". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- Wilkinson, Christopher (1967). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Teldenia Moore (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae, Drepaninae)". The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 119 (11).
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