Biology:Tethea ampliata

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Short description: Species of false owlet moth

Tethea ampliata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Tethea
Species:
T. ampliata
Binomial name
Tethea ampliata
(Butler, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Warren, 1912 Butler, 1878
  • Houlbert, 1921 Palimpsestis daisetsuzana
  • Cymathophora ampliata Matsumura, 1927
  • Cymatophora ampliata angustimedia Cymatophora ampliata var. askoldensis

Tethea ampliata is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[1] It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan , Taiwan and northern and north-eastern China .

The wingspan is 41–48 mm.[2] Adults are similar to Tethea or, but larger and the forewings are silvery grey. The inner band is darker and straighter with more dentate limiting lines. The outer band has an additional angle towards the costa and the outer line is more regularly undulated, blackish and parallel to the inner line.[3]

Subspecies

  • Tethea ampliata ampliata (Russia, Korea, Japan, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning)
  • Tethea ampliata grandis Okano, 1959 (Taiwan)
  • Tethea ampliata shansiensis Werny, 1966 (China: Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan)

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Tethea ampliata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=57453. 
  2. Japanese Moths
  3. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 1 (1): 78 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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