Tactusa assamiensis

Tactusa assamiensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010. It is known from Assam in India.

Tactusa assamiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tactusa
Species:
T. assamiensis
Binomial name
Tactusa assamiensis
Fibiger, 2010
Synonyms
  • Tactusa assamia

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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119.


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