Tactusa tranumi

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Tactusa tranumi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tactusa
Species:
T. tranumi
Binomial name
Tactusa tranumi
Fibiger, 2010

Tactusa tranumi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010. It is known from northern Vietnam.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewing has a large black triangle, the costa is black throughout, only interrupted by white marks indicating crosslines. These crosslines are present but indistinct, white and narrow. Even the terminal line is white. The fringes are blackish. The hindwing is dark grey, with an indistinct discal spot and the underside is unicolorous grey.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119.