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Tactusa spadix

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Scientific name
  
Tactusa spadix

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Tactusa

Rank
  
Species

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

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

Tactusa spadix Wikipedia