Comprehensive Description
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Tessella jorgenseni (Schaus)
Tessellota jorgenseni Schaus, 1921, p. 172.
Tessella jorgenseni (Schaus) Breyer, 1956, p. 14.
Forewing 16.5 mm. Front of head greyish orange, vertex white. Thorax mostly white (worn posteriorly). Forewing greyish orange-white and yellowish white. Hindwing white and greyish orange. Segments 1–6 of abdomen orange-yellow dorsally; 1–6 with black medial patch; 2–6 with black lateral patch on each side; segment 7 orange-yellow anteriorly, with black medial patch, yellowish white posteriorly; segment 8 yellowish-white. Ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white. Ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white.
A single female type (USNM 24919) from Trinidad, Paraguay, is designated in the original description.
Holotype ♀: “July 10, 20; Trinidad; Paraguay, S. America; C. Jorgensen Coll.; Type No. 24919 U.S.N.M.; Tessellota jorgenseni Schs type; xl 2184a Halisidota; Holotype ♀ Tessellota jorgenseni Schaus A.W. 1967; Arctiidae genitalia slide No. AW494.”
- bibliographic citation
- Watson, Allan. 1973. "An illustrated catalog of the Neotropic Arctiinae types in the United States National Museum (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) Part 2." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.50.1
Tessella jorgenseni: Brief Summary
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Tessella jorgenseni is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1921. It is found in Paraguay.
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