Tactusa minor

Tactusa minor is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010. It is known from northern Thailand.

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

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewing has a very large, blackish triangular patch, extending from the antemedial point on the costa to the apex, and to the tornus. Only the subterminal and terminal are lines visible, the former line is white, jagged, and the latter is marked by dark brown spots. The hindwing was 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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