Tactusa spadix

Tactusa spadix is a moth of the family family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010. It is known from southern Laos, in Southeast Asia.

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

Description

The wingspan of Tactusa spadix is about 12 mm.

The ground colour of the forewings is brown, with a very large black triangular patch, including the fringes, that extends from the antemedial point on the costa to the apex and to the tornal edge. There is a large, light-brown patch present inside this large patch, located close to the apex. Only the terminal lines are visible as blackish-brown interneural spots.

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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