Teldenia specca

Teldenia specca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Teldenia
Species: T. specca
Binomial name
Teldenia specca
Wilkinson, 1967

Teldenia specca is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Wilkinson in 1967.[1] It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas and from western China to Borneo, Sumatra, Palawan, Buru and New Guinea.[2]

The length of the forewings is 9-11.5 mm for males and 10.5-12.5 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.[3]

References

  1. LepIndex
  2. Teldenia at funet
  3. 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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