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Tentaspina sinister

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Tentaxinae

Tentaspina sinister is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia (it was described from north-eastern Sumatra).

The wingspan is 8.5–9 mm. The forewings are light brown, with a dark brown upper medial area and part of subterminal area. The terminal area and fringes are light brown. There are small black dots on the costa subapically. The crosslines are brown and the terminal line is only indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey with an indistinct discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

References

Tentaspina sinister Wikipedia