Tactusa flavoniger

Tactusa flavoniger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micronoctuidae
Genus: Tactusa
Species: T. flavoniger
Binomial name
Tactusa flavoniger
Fibiger, 2010

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

    • Fibiger, M. 2010: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae. Zootaxa, 2583: 1–119. Preview


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