Biology:Thymistadopsis albidescens

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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth

Thymistadopsis albidescens
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Thymistadopsis
Species:
T. albidescens
Binomial name
Thymistadopsis albidescens
(Hampson, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Problepsidis albidescens Hampson, 1895

Thymistadopsis albidescens is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1895.[1] It is found in the Indian states of Sikkim and Assam.[2]

The wingspan is about 42 mm. Adults are greyish white, the forewings with a black speck at the end of the cell and a postmedial black spot on the costa. There is an oblique fine waved line from the apex to the inner margin beyond the middle with a black subapical mark on it. The marginal area is browner with indistinct submarginal and marginal brown lines. The hindwings have traces of an oblique subbasal line and there is a postmedial black band, as well as a diffused submarginal line and fine marginal line.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13856684 entry