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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 a 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 unicolourous 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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