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Tactusa ostium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Scientific name
  
Tactusa ostium

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tactusa

Rank
  
Species

Tactusa ostium is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is known from Thailand.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The ground colour of the forewing is yellow, with an acutely angled blackish patch in the upper medial area and a black subterminal area. Only the subterminal and terminal lines are indicated, the former inwardly outlined by light yellow and the latter with interneural black spots. The hindwing is dark grey with a discal spot and the underside is unicolorous grey.

References

Tactusa ostium Wikipedia