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Tentax brunnea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Tentaxinae

Tentax brunnea is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in northern Vietnam.

The wingspan is about 11.5 mm. The forewings are brown, including the subterminal, terminal areas and fringes. There is a blackish brown quadrangular patch at the upper medial area. The costa is basally black, subapically with small black dots. The crosslines are reddish brown. The terminal line is indicated by indistinct, black interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

References

Tentax brunnea Wikipedia