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 Drepanidae family. It was described by Walker in 1865.[1] It is found in north-eastern India, northern Burma and China (Sichuan).[2]

Adults are fawn-colour, 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]

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