Psidopala tenuis

Psidopala tenuis is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896.[1] It is found in India, Nepal and Tibet, China.[2]

Psidopala tenuis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Psidopala
Species:
P. tenuis
Binomial name
Psidopala tenuis
(Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Gaurena tenuis Hampson, 1896
  • Psidopala tenuis falkneri Werny, 1966

The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are fuscous, the forewings with the basal area greyish, bounded by an obliquely sinuous line. There are small, dark-edged grey orbicular and reniform spots and an ill-defined sinuous grey line from the lower angle of the cell to the inner margin, as well as an irregular grey submarginal line joined by an oblique mark from the apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Psidopala tenuis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.
  3. Hampson, 1896, The Fauna of British India, Moths 4: 462.


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