Thymistadopsis albidescens
Species of hook-tip moth
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Thymistadopsis albidescens is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1895.[1] It is found in the Indian states of Sikkim and Assam.[2]
| Thymistadopsis albidescens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Thymistadopsis |
| Species: | T. albidescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Thymistadopsis albidescens (Hampson, 1895) | |
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The wingspan is about 42 mm. Adults are greyish white, the forewings with a black speck at the end of the cell and a postmedial black spot on the costa. There is an oblique fine waved line from the apex to the inner margin beyond the middle with a black subapical mark on it. The marginal area is browner with indistinct submarginal and marginal brown lines. The hindwings have traces of an oblique subbasal line and there is a postmedial black band, as well as a diffused submarginal line and fine marginal line.[3]
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