Biology:Teldenia alba
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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth
| Teldenia alba | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Teldenia |
| Species: | T. alba
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| Binomial name | |
| Teldenia alba Moore, 1882
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Teldenia alba is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1882.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
The length of the forewings is 9-11.5 mm for males and 13-13.5 mm for females.[3] Adults are greyish white, both wings with a transverse discal zigzag band, composed of purplish lunules with black-speckled inner borders. Beyond the lunular band is a very indistinct pale purplish-brown lunular line and a marginal row of black dots. In females, the lunular band has a confluent purplish-brown line and the outer line and marginal black dots are more distinct.[4]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Teldenia alba". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=84661.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. "Teldenia alba Moore, [1883"]. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/teldenia/#alba.
- ↑ Wilkinson, Christopher (1967). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Teldenia Moore (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae, Drepaninae)". The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 119 (11).
- ↑ The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. 2 (2): 120.
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