Takapsestis fascinata
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Species: | T. fascinata
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Binomial name | |
Takapsestis fascinata Yoshimoto, 1990
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Takapsestis fascinata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Yoshimoto in 1990.[1][failed verification] It is found in northern Vietnam and Yunnan, China.[2]
The wingspan is 37–39 mm. The forewings are dark grey with two creamy-white spots in the cell and four minute discocellular creamy-white spots. The median and postmedian lines are black and the space between them pale grey. There is a black and thick apical streak and the subterminal line is obsolete and weakly serrate. The hindwings are uniform pale brown.[3]
References[]
- ^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ 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.
- ^ (1990) "Takapsestis fascinata sp. n. from China (Lepidoptera, Thyatiridae)". Nota lepidopterologica. 13 (4): 236-241.
Categories:
- Moths described in 1990
- Thyatirinae
- Moths of Asia
- Thyatirinae stubs