Tentax ferax

Tentax ferax is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in southern Thailand (it was described from Phang Nga).

Tentax ferax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tentax
Species:
T. ferax
Binomial name
Tentax ferax
Fibiger, 2011

The wingspan is about 9.5 mm. The forewings are beige brown, although the terminal area and fringes are brown. There is a black-brown quadrangular patch at the upper medial area. The costa is basally black brown, subapically with small black dots. The crosslines are indistinct and light brown, except for well-marked brown subterminal line and terminal line indicated by black-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey with an indistinct discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

References

  • Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.


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