Tentaspina paraorienta
| Tentaspina paraorienta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micronoctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Tentaxinae |
| Genus: | Tentaspina |
| Species: | T. paraorienta |
| Binomial name | |
| Tentaspina paraorienta Fibiger, 2011 | |
Tentaspina paraorienta is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia (it was described from western Java).
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are greyish light brown, with grey-brown areas. The colour is black at the base of the costa and the upper medial area. The subterminal and terminal areas are dark grey. The crosslines are untraceable or weakly defined, though a dark brown, waved subterminal line is present and the terminal line is indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey. The underside of the forewings are unicolourous brown and the underside hindwings are grey with a discal spot.
References
- Fibiger, M. 2011: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. Zootaxa, 2842: 1–188. Preview
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