Tantulius
Appearance
Tantulius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Tantulius Fibiger, 2010 |
Species: | T. belli
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Binomial name | |
Tantulius belli Fibiger, 2010
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Tantulius is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Tantulius belli, is known from southern India. Both the genus and the species were first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010.
The wingspan is about 8 mm.
References
[edit]- Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1.