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Tonica terasella

Synonyms: Tonica teratella

Wikipedia Abstract

Tonica terasella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo. Adults are testaceous-cinereous, the forewings thinly and minutely speckled with brown. There are two minute brown streaks near the base and a few minute tufts of oblique scales.
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Prey / Diet

Ceiba pentandra (kapoktree)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0