Toosa batesi is a moth in the family Thyrididae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1927.[1] It is found in Cameroon.[2]
| Toosa batesi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Thyrididae |
| Genus: | Toosa |
| Species: | T. batesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Toosa batesi Bethune-Baker, 1927
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The wingspan is about 40 mm. Both wings are dark lustrous metallic green without any markings.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Toosa batesi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Toosa batesi Bethune-Baker, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ Bethune-Baker, G. T. (1927). "Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (9) 20: 321–334.
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