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Thymistadopsis albidescens

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Thymistadopsis

Thymistadopsis albidescens is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1895. It is found in India (Sikkim, Assam).

The wingspan is about 42 mm. Adults are greyish-white, the forewings with a black speck at the end of the cell and a postmedial black spot on the costa. There is an oblique fine waved line from the apex to the inner margin beyond the middle with a black subapical mark on it. The marginal area is browner with indistinct submarginal and marginal brown lines. The hindwings have traces of an oblique subbasal line and there is a postmedial black band, as well as a diffused submarginal line and fine marginal line.

References

Thymistadopsis albidescens Wikipedia