Teulisna tumida

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Teulisna tumida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Teulisna
Species: T. tumida
Binomial name
Teulisna tumida
(Walker, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Tegulata tumida Walker, 1862
  • Eilema tumida
  • Tegulata basistriga Moore, 1878
  • Lithosia (Teglata) tumida baibarensis Matsumura, 1927

Teulisna tumida is a species of moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Borneo, Sumatra, China, the Indian Subregion, Thailand and Taiwan.[1]

The male hindwing is pale straw coloured with a distinctive darker greyish border, whereas the female hindwing is uniform greyish.

The larvae feed on mosses.

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