Denteilema

Denteilema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Denteilema
Dubatolov, 2012
Species: D. unicolora
Binomial name
Denteilema unicolora
Dubatolov, 2012

Denteilema is a genus of moths in the Arctiidae family. It consists of only one species, Denteilema unicolora, which is endemic to Vietnam.

The length of the forewings is about 11.5 millimetres (0.45 in). The forewings are brownish grey with androconial scales scattered through the discal cell and beyond it. The hindwings are unicolourous yellowish-grey.[1]

References

  1. Dubatolov, V.V. 2012: New genus, species and faunistic records of lichen-moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) from Vietnam. Evraziatskii entomologicheskii zhurnal, 11(6): 507-512, colour plate III.

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