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Tactusa flavoniger

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Scientific name
  
Tactusa flavoniger

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tactusa

Rank
  
Species

Tactusa flavoniger is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is known from Laos, in Southeast Asia.

Description

The wingspan is about 14 mm.

The ground colour of the forewing is yellowish, with an acutely angled blackish, triangular patch in the upper medial area and a black subterminal area. Only the subtreminal and terminal lines are marked, the former inwardly outlined by yellow and the latter by interneural black spots.

The hindwing is dark grey, with an indistinct discal spot and the underside is unicolorous grey.

References

Tactusa flavoniger Wikipedia


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