Tinagma giganteum

Tinagma giganteum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Douglasiidae
Genus:	Tinagma
Species:	T. giganteum
Binomial name
Tinagma giganteum Braun, 1921[1]
Synonyms
Tinagma gigantea

Tinagma giganteum is a moth in the Douglasiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta^[2] and Montana. The habitat consists of dry meadows.

The wingspan is 14-15 mm. The scales of the ground colour of the forewings are pale grey at their bases, shading into white and followed by a black tip. There is a broad blackish transverse fascia just before the middle of the wing, margined with white on the outer edge. There is a marginal row of nearly black scales. The hindwings are dark grey.^[3]

References

1. mothphotographersgroup
2. Annotated List of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada
3. Two Weeks Collecting in Glacier National Park; Annette F. Braun; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Vol. 73, No. 1 (1921), pp. 1-23