Teldenia sparsata

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

Teldenia sparsata is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Wilkinson in 1967.[1] It is found in New Guinea.

The length of the forewings is 12-14 mm for males and about 13 mm for females. The forewings have the dark brown terminal fasciae reduced to a variable number of dots between the veins. There is a light brown broken subterminal fascia, two broken postmedial fasciae. The hindwings are similar.[2]

References

  1. LepIndex
  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