Biology:Tethea albicosta
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Short description: Species of false owlet moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Tethea |
| Species: | T. albicosta
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| Tethea albicosta (Moore, 1867)
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Tethea albicosta is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[1] It is found in Nepal, Assam in India, Myanmar and the Chinese provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Tibet.[2]
Adults are greyish brown, the forewings varied pinkish and greenish white along the costa beneath which are several narrow transverse undulating dark-brown pale-bordered lines. There are two indistinct reniform discal marks, as well as a curved streak beneath the apex and a marginal undulating narrow line. The hindwings have a discal and two subbasal pale bands.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Tethea albicosta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=57482.
- ↑ 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. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3941.1.1.
- ↑ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 45
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Wikidata ☰ Q14470202 entry
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