Teldenia sparsata

Teldenia sparsata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Teldenia
Species:	T. sparsata
Binomial name
	Teldenia sparsata; Wilkinson, 1967

Teldenia sparsata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Wilkinson in 1967.^[1] It is found in New Guinea.

The length of the forewings is 12–14 mm for males and about 13 mm for females. The forewings have the dark brown terminal fasciae reduced to a variable number of dots between the veins. There is a light brown broken subterminal fascia, two broken postmedial fasciae. The hindwings are similar.^[2]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Teldenia sparsata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
^ Wilkinson, Christopher, 1967: A taxonomic revision of the genus Teldenia Moore (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae, Drepaninae). The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London Volume 119, Issue 11

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Teldenia sparsata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.

[2] Wilkinson, Christopher, 1967: A taxonomic revision of the genus Teldenia Moore (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae, Drepaninae). The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London Volume 119, Issue 11

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