Thymistadopsis undulifera

Thymistadopsis undulifera is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1900.[1] It is found in Tibet, China.[2]

Thymistadopsis undulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Thymistadopsis
Species:
T. undulifera
Binomial name
Thymistadopsis undulifera
(Hampson, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Drepana undulifera Hampson, 1900

The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are whitish, suffused with very pale ferruginous, the forewings with crenulated (scalloped) ferruginous antemedial and postmedial lines, the latter very acutely angled below the costa, then oblique. There are dark points at the angles of the cell. The hindwings have a very slight ferruginous tinge and a fine postmedial line from the submedian fold to the inner margin.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Thymistadopsis undulifera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Thymistadopsis undulifera (Hampson, 1900)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13 (2): 228


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