Biology:Tancrea

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Short description: Genus of moths

Tancrea
Tancrea pardalina P.Gorbunov molbiol.ru.jpg
Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Tancrea
Püngeler, 1898
Species:
T. pardalina
Binomial name
Tancrea pardalina
Püngeler, 1898
Synonyms
  • Ocnogyna pardalina

Tancrea is a monotypic tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its sole species is Tancrea pardalina, known from deserts in Central Asia: Kara-Kum, Ustyurt and Sary-Kum. Both the genus and species were first described by Rudolf Püngeler in 1898.[1] Females are brachypterous.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7682373 entry