Tinagma pulverilinea

Tinagma pulverilinea is a moth in the Douglasiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Montana and California.[1]

Tinagma pulverilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Douglasiidae
Genus:
Tinagma
Species:
T. pulverilinea
Binomial name
Tinagma pulverilinea
Braun, 1921
Synonyms
  • Tinagma pulverilineum
  • Tinagma leucaspis Braun, 1926

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are grey with a broad white bar. There is a broad dark transverse fascia just before the middle of the wing, bordered outwardly by a row of white scales. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. Two Weeks Collecting in Glacier National Park; Annette F. Braun; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Vol. 73, No. 1 (1921), pp. 1-23


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