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Teldenia alba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Teldenia
Species:	T. alba
Binomial name
Teldenia alba Moore, 1882

Teldenia alba is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1882. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The length of the forewings is 9-11.5 mm for males and 13-13.5 mm for females. Adults are greyish white, both wings with a transverse discal zigzag band, composed of purplish lunules with black-speckled inner borders. Beyond the lunular band is a very indistinct pale purplish-brown lunular line and a marginal row of black dots. In females, the lunular band has a confluent purplish-brown line and the outer line and marginal black dots are more distinct.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Teldenia alba​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Teldenia alba Moore, [1883]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
3. Wilkinson, Christopher (1967). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Teldenia Moore (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae, Drepaninae)". The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 119 (11).
4. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. 2 (2): 120. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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