Tethea or (Poplar Lutestring)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: «Macro-heterocera» (Macro-moths)
Family: Drepanidae (Hooktip & false owlet moths)
Subfamily: Thyatirinae
Genus: Tethea
Species: Tethea or (Poplar Lutestring)
Norwegian name: Ospehalvspinner
Host plants: Aspen (Populus tremula), Aspen and Poplar (Populus), Birch (Betula), Black Poplar (Populus nigra), Eastern Balsam Poplar (Populus balsamifera), Willows, Sallows and Osiers (Salix)
Confusion species: Ochropacha duplaris (Common Lutestring), Tethea ocularis (Figure of Eighty)