Toosa batesi

Toosa batesi is a moth in the family Thyrididae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927.[1] It is found in Cameroon.[2]

Toosa batesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Thyrididae
Genus:
Toosa
Species:
T. batesi
Binomial name
Toosa batesi

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Both wings are dark lustrous metallic green without any markings.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Toosa batesi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Toosa batesi Bethune-Baker, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  3. Bethune-Baker, G. T. (1927). "Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (9) 20: 321–334.


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