Tethea ampliata is a moth in the family Drepanidae.[1] It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and northern and north-eastern China.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Tethea |
| Species: | T. ampliata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tethea ampliata (Butler, 1878)
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The wingspan is 41–48 mm.[2] Adults are similar to Tethea or, but larger and the forewings are silvery grey. The inner band is darker and straighter with more dentate limiting lines. The outer band has an additional angle towards the costa and the outer line is more regularly undulated, blackish and parallel to the inner line.[3]
Subspecies
edit- Tethea ampliata ampliata (Russia, Korea, Japan, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning)
- Tethea ampliata grandis Okano, 1959 (Taiwan)
- Tethea ampliata shansiensis Werny, 1966 (China: Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan)
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tethea ampliata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ Japanese Moths
- ^ Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 1 (1): 78
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