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Thelosia resputa

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Thelosia resputa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Apatelodidae
Genus: Thelosia
Species:
T. resputa
Binomial name
Thelosia resputa
Draudt, 1929[1]

Thelosia resputa is a moth species in the family Apatelodidae.[2] It was first described by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1929 based on a female specimen from the collection of Otto Staudinger held by the Natural History Museum, Berlin.[3] The location where the type specimen was collected is unknown,[3] and the species therefore has no type locality.

Appearance

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The moth's appearance is pale yellow-grey forewings with a dense, brown dusting and two faint transverse lines, with a white discal spot between them. The hindwings are a pale ochreous yellow with a weak central spot.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Thelosia resputa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Kitching, Ian; Rougerie, Rodolphe; Zwick, Andreas; Hamilton, Chris; Laurent, Ryan St; Naumann, Stefan; Mejia, Liliana Ballesteros; Kawahara, Akito (2 December 2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6. Supplementary material: checklist. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 5904559. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Draudt, M.W.K. (1929). "11. Bombycidae". In Seitz, Adalbert (ed.). Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde: eine systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Grossschmetterlinge II. Abteilung: Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Amerikanischen Faunengebietes, 6. Band: Die amerikanischer Spinner und Schwärmer (in German). p. 702.