Telecrates tesselata

Telecrates tesselata is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1900. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Telecrates tesselata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Xyloryctidae
Genus:
Telecrates
Species:
T. tesselata
Binomial name
Telecrates tesselata

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings have a large pear-shaped blotch of white from the costa at the base widening to the inner margin and a second cream-white blotch from one-eighth to one-fourth the costa, obliquely outward to the middle of the wing. There is a third blotch from before the middle to half the costa as a band across the wing, widening out beyond the middle, and filling the inner margin from half to three-fourths the inner margin, the edge rounded and finely dentate. A fourth blotch is found to three-fourths the costa, reaching half across the wing, the posterior border twice dentate. There is also a hindmarginal narrow band drawn to a line to the anal angle. The hindwings are ochreous yellow diffused with fuscous along hindmargin chiefly over the apex.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (August 28, 2014). "Telecrates tesselata Lucas, 1900". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 15: 159.


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