Tethea octogesima

Tethea octogesima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Tethea
Species: T. octogesima
Binomial name
Tethea octogesima
(Butler, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Cymatophora octogesima Butler, 1878
  • Cymatophora intensa Butler, 1881
  • Cymatophora angustata Staudinger, 1885
  • Saronaga watanabei Matsumura, 1931
  • Tethea intensa griseomacula Werny, 1966

Tethea octogesima is a moth in the Drepanidae family.[1] It is found in Japan, Korea, China (Jilin, Shaanxi, Zhejiang), Taiwan and the Russian Far East.[2]

The wingspan is 20-24 mm.[3] Adults have a dark silvery grey tint, with deep black the transverse lines and markings of the reniform and orbicular spots. The lines near the base are more dentated, the central band is wider and its external limiting line irregularly zigzag.[4]

Subspecies

References

  1. "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk.
  2. Jiang, N., Yang, C., Xue, D-Y. & Han, H-X. 2015: An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species. zootaxa 2015 3941.
  3. "ホソトガリバ". jpmoth.org.
  4. "The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology". archive.org.