Biology:Tactusa assamiensis
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Short description: Species of moth
Tactusa assamiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Tactusa |
Species: | T. assamiensis
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Binomial name | |
Tactusa assamiensis Fibiger, 2010
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Tactusa assamiensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010. It is known from Assam in India .
The wingspan is about 11.5 mm. There is a very large, triangular, dark-brown and brown patch on the forewing that extends from the antemedial point on the costa to the apex, including the fringes and tornal edge. There is also a large patch in the middle which is slightly lighter brown. Only the terminal lines are visible as blackish-brown interneural spots. The fringes are basally whitish, together forming a line. The hindwing is dark grey, with an indistinct discal spot and the underside is unicolorous grey.
References
- Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae". Zootaxa 2583: 1–119. https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02583p119f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q7674149 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactusa assamiensis.
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