Takapsestis bifasciata

Takapsestis bifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Takapsestis
Species:	T. bifasciata
Binomial name
	Takapsestis bifasciata; (Hampson, 1895)
Synonyms
	Polyploca bifasciata Hampson, 1895; Takapsestis nepalensis Yoshimoto, 1992; Takapsestis harutai Yoshimoto, 1994;

Takapsestis bifasciata is a moth in the family Drepanidae described by George Hampson in 1895.[1] It is found in the Indian state of Sikkim and in Nepal.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are silvery greyish white, the forewings with diffused antemedial and postmedial fuscous bands, the former with slightly waved edges and oblique, the latter slightly excurved at the middle. There is also a fine oblique apical streak.[2]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Polyploca bifasciata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis. p. 463 – via Internet Archive.

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

[2] Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV. Taylor and Francis. p. 463 – via Internet Archive.