Tactusa topi

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

Tactusa topi is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is known from Guangdong in China.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The ground colour of the forewing is light yellow, with a quadrangular blackish patch in the upper medial area and a prominently broad black subterminal area. Only the subterminal and terminal lines are marked, the former inwardly outlined by light yellow and the latter with black interneural spots. The hindwing is dark grey, with a 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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