Biology:Tentax mini

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Short description: Species of moth

Tentax mini
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tentax
Species:
T. mini
Binomial name
Tentax mini
Fibiger, 2011

Tentax mini is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Sri Lanka (it was described from the Ampara and Matale districts).

The wingspan is 7–7.5 mm. The forewings are whitish grey, suffused with a few light-brown patches. The colour is black brown at the quadrangular upper medial area. The costa is basally black, subapically with small black dots. The fringes are whitish grey. The crosslines are untraceable, except the terminal line, which is indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous light brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with an indistinct discal spot.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7700820 entry