Typhonia bimaculata

Typhonia bimaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Subfamily: Typhoniinae
Genus: Typhonia
Species: T. bimaculata
Binomial name
Typhonia bimaculata
Sobczyk & Schütte, 2010

Typhonia bimaculata is a species of bagworm native to Madagascar.[1]

The female has a wingspan of 33 mm, length of the forewings: 16mm.

Forewings have 9 veins, of light brown colour with a large dark spot in the middle. Hidewings are darker than the forewings and of shining brown grey colour.[2]

References

  1. ↑ afromoths.net
  2. ↑ Sobczyk & Schütte 2010. Two new species, taxonomic notes and a checklist of bagworm moths from Madagascar (Lepidoptera: Psychidae). - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 57(1):59–68.

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