Thymistida tripunctata

Thymistida tripunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Thymistida
Species:	T. tripunctata
Binomial name
	Thymistida tripunctata; Walker, 1865
Synonyms
	Erosia cervinaria Moore, 1867; Thymistida nigritincta divisa Bryk, 1943;

Thymistida tripunctata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1865.[1] It is found in north-eastern India, northern Myanmar and Sichuan, China.[2]

Adults are fawn coloured, tinged with cinereous beneath. The forewings have two transverse denticulated blackish lines. The first antemedial and less distinct than the second, which is postmedial. There is a blackish marginal space with a zigzag fawn-coloured line. There are also three black points on the veins at the end of the discal areolet. The hindwings are pale cinereous.[3]

References

Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
Savela, Markku. "Thymistida tripunctata Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 32: 515 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Thymistida tripunctata Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 8, 2018.

[3] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 32: 515 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.