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Tolpia kalimantania

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tolpia

Tolpia kalimantania is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found on Borneo (it was described from Kalimantan).

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are relatively long and broad and the ground colour is dark brown with black brown patches at the base. The antemedial and postmedial lines are well marked and black. The terminal line is indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwing ground colour is brown and the abdomen and hindleg have long, dark-brown scent scales.

References

Tolpia kalimantania Wikipedia