Teldenia strigosa

Teldenia strigosa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Warren in 1903.[1] It is found in New Guinea and on Goodenough Island.

Teldenia strigosa
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T. strigosa
Binomial name
Teldenia strigosa
Warren, 1903

The length of the forewings is 12.5–15 mm for males and 14-15.5 mm for females. The forewings are white with the costa and fringe brown, buff or paler in females. The fasciae are dark buff, consisting of narrow sub-basal, broad postmedial and double subterminal fasciae, the latter with the outer line lunulate and the inner straight. In males, the postmedial fascia may be reduced to two or three rows of dots with the inner row reddish-buff. The hindwings have double postmedial and single lunulate subterminal fasciae.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Teldenia strigosa". 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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