Tactusa nilssoni

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

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

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The ground colour of the forewing is light yellow to brownish yellow, with an acutely angled blackish patch in the upper medial area and a black subterminal area. Only the subterminal and terminal lines are marked, the former inwardly outlined light yellow and the latter with black interneural spots. The hindwing is dark grey, with a 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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