''Tethea ampliata'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea,

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, Taiwan and northern and north-eastern

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. The wingspan is 41–48 mm. Adults are similar to ''

Tethea or ''Tethea or'', the poplar lutestring, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. The species can be found in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and Japan. The imago resembles '' T ...

'', but larger and the forewings are silvery grey. The inner band is darker and straighter with more dentate limiting lines. The outer band has an additional angle towards the costa and the outer line is more regularly undulated, blackish and parallel to the inner line.Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 1 (1): 78
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Subspecies

*''Tethea ampliata ampliata'' (Russia, Korea, Japan, China: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning) *''Tethea ampliata grandis'' Okano, 1959 (Taiwan) *''Tethea ampliata shansiensis'' Werny, 1966 (China: Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan)

References

Moths described in 1878 Thyatirinae {{Thyatirinae-stub