Teulisna tumida
species of insect
Teulisna tumida is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Borneo, Sumatra, China, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Taiwan.
Description
Its wingspan is 28 mm. Forewing with the costal lobe present in both sexes. In the male, the head, thorax and basal segments of abdomen are pale brown, where the terminal segment is black. Forewing pale brown with a purplish tinge and suffused with fuscous. A black streak runs on the costal base and a large black spot at end of cell. Hindwings yellowish and fuscous suffused towards outer margin. In the female, the abdomen is fuscous and the anal tufts are ochreous. Forewings with a black spot at end of cell is reduced to a minute speck.
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