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Denteilema

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Denteilema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Denteilema
Dubatolov, 2012
Species:
D. unicolora
Binomial name
Denteilema unicolora
Dubatolov, 2012

Denteilema is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its only species, Denteilema unicolora, is endemic to Vietnam. Both the genus and species were first described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 2012.

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" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 11 (6): 507–512, 506, III.