Tethea albicosta explained

Tethea albicosta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It is found in Nepal, Assam in India, Myanmar and the Chinese provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Tibet.[1]

Adults are greyish brown, the forewings varied pinkish and greenish white along the costa beneath which are several narrow transverse undulating dark-brown pale-bordered lines. There are two indistinct reniform discal marks, as well as a curved streak beneath the apex and a marginal undulating narrow line. The hindwings have a discal and two subbasal pale bands.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Jiang . Nan . Yang . Chao . Xue . Dayong . Han . Hongxiang . March 2015 . An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species . Zootaxa . 3941 . 1 . 1–48 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1 . 25947492.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofzoo1867zool#page/45/mode/1up Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 45