Tentaspina balii

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Tentaspina balii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tentaspina
Species:
T. balii
Binomial name
Tentaspina balii
Fibiger, 2011

Tentaspina balii is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Indonesia (it was described from eastern Bali).

The wingspan is about 12.5 mm. The forewings are brownish grey, suffused with dark grey scales. The colour is blackish grey at the quadrangular upper, medial and terminal area and fringes. The costa is basally black, subapically with small black dots. The crosslines are untraceable except the terminal line which is indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey with an indistinct discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous grey brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

References[edit]

  • Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.