Teldenia vestigiata

Teldenia vestigiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Teldenia
Species:	T. vestigiata
Binomial name
	Teldenia vestigiata; (Butler, 1880)
Synonyms
	Corycia vestigiata Butler, 1880;

Teldenia vestigiata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880.^[1] It is found in India in Darjeeling, Sikkim and Kanara.

The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm for males and 11-14.5 mm for females. The ground colour, fringe and costa are white, the forewings with buff lunulate postmedial and subterminal fasciae. There is a row of buff spots edged in dark brown immediately proximal to the postmedial fascia. There is also a row of dark brown or black terminal spots. The hindwings are as the forewings.^[2]

References[]

^ "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
^ 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] "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

[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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