Tadaxa

Tadaxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Calpinae
Genus:	Tadaxa; Nye, 1975
Synonyms
	Daxata Walker, 1865;

Tadaxa is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It was described by Nye in 1975.[1][2][3]

Description

Palpi with second joint reaching above vertex of head. Third joint with a tuft of hair on the inner side. Antennae of male with long bristles and cilia. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia naked. Forewings with veins 8 and 9 anastomosing (fusing) to form a short areole. Hindwings with vein 5 from middle of discocellulars. Cilia of both wings are crenulate (scalloped).[4]

Species

Tadaxa bijungens (Walker, 1865) Sri Lanka
Tadaxa lilacina (Butler, 1889) Dharamshala
Tadaxa lintona (Swinhoe, 1901) Borneo

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tadaxa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
Savela, Markku (August 20, 2019). "Tadaxa Nye, 1975". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Tadaxa Nye, 1975". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tadaxa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 2, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku (August 20, 2019). "Tadaxa Nye, 1975". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

[3] Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Tadaxa Nye, 1975". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

[4] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.