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Tetheella fluctuosa

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Tetheella fluctuosa

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Tetheella is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae described by Werny in 1966. Its single species, Tetheella fluctuosa, the satin lutestring, was described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is found from western Europe across the Palearctic to Kamchatka, Sakhalin Island, Korea and Japan.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyDrepanidae
Observations recorded33,578

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
542
With media
876
Family
Drepanidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NHMUK
Recorded in
United Kingdom, Ireland

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Tetheella
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Tetheella fluctuosa.jpg
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Tetheella fluctuosa
Commons category
Tetheella fluctuosa
taxon common name
bjørkehalvspinner
has host
Betula
short name
T. fluctuosa
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Encyclopedic overview

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Tetheella is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae described by Werny in 1966. Its single species, Tetheella fluctuosa, the satin lutestring, was described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is found from western Europe across the Palearctic to Kamchatka, Sakhalin Island, Korea and Japan.

The wingspan is 35–38 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, white- sprinkled .The first line is whitish, limiting a broad darker central band including dark fuscous median and second lines, followed by a whitish dark-edged waved line. The subterminal is whitish, waved, preceded on the costa by an oblique dark fuscous dash. The hindwings are grey, with a pale postmedian line. The larva is yellow whitish; dorsal, fine subdorsal, and lateral lines fuscous; head reddish-ochreous, brown-marked. thumb|140px|left|Figs 4, 4a larvae after final moult

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tetheella fluctuosa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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