Pedoptila thaletes
Pedoptila thaletes is a moth in the family Himantopteridae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1907.[1] It is found in the Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.[2]
| Pedoptila thaletes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Himantopteridae |
| Genus: | Pedoptila |
| Species: | P. thaletes |
| Binomial name | |
| Pedoptila thaletes H. Druce, 1907 | |
The head, collar, tegulae, thorax, and abdomen are reddish brown, the abdomen are banded with black and the antennae, underside of the abdomen, and the legs are black. The anus is clothed with greyish hairs. The basal half of the reddish forewings is orange, the outer half is black, and the veins are black. The hindwings are reddish orange as far as the lobe, which is black almost to the end of the wing. The tip of the tail is white.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pedoptila thaletes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pedoptila thaletes Druce, 1907". Afromoths. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- Druce, H. (1907). "Descriptions of five new species of Heterocera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (7) 20: 505–506.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.