Tolpia kalimantania
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Tolpia kalimantania is a moth
of the Micronoctuidae
family. It is found on Borneo
(it was described from Kalimantan
).
The wingspan
is about 13 mm. The forewings are relatively long and broad and the ground colour is dark brown with black brown patches at the base. The antemedial and postmedial lines are well marked and black. The terminal line is indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwing ground colour is brown and the abdomen and hindleg have long, dark-brown scent scales.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Micronoctuidae
Micronoctuidae
The Micronoctuidae are a family of moths that includes about 400 described species. The family was first described in 2005.Micronoctua karsholti is the smallest of all species in the Noctuoidea superfamily.-Taxonomic History:...
family. It is found on Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
(it was described from Kalimantan
Kalimantan
In English, the term Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo, while in Indonesian, the term "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo....
).
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 13 mm. The forewings are relatively long and broad and the ground colour is dark brown with black brown patches at the base. The antemedial and postmedial lines are well marked and black. The terminal line is indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwing ground colour is brown and the abdomen and hindleg have long, dark-brown scent scales.