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''Thesaurica notodontalis'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1899. It is found on
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. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
is about 20 mm. The forewings are suffused with fiery orange, leaving a subbasal, antemedial and medial series of ill-defined yellow spots. There is a medial pinkish band and the terminal area is also pinkish. The hindwings are semi
hyaline A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance. The word is derived from el, ὑάλινος, translit=hyálinos, lit=transparent, and el, ὕαλος, translit=hýalos, lit=crystal, glass, label=none. Histopathology Hyaline cartilage is ...
yellow, tinged with fuscous towards the termen.''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1899: 175


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Moths described in 1899 Odontiinae {{Odontiinae-stub