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Teldenia sparsata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Teldenia

Teldenia sparsata is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Wilkinson in 1967. 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.

References

Teldenia sparsata Wikipedia