Toosa batesi

Toosa batesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thyrididae
Genus: Toosa
Species: T. batesi
Binomial name
Toosa batesi

Toosa batesi is a moth in the Thyrididae family. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927.[1] It is found in Cameroon.[2]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Both wings are dark lustrous metallic green without any markings.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Toosa batesi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. Afromoths
  3. Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334
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