Tessella (moth)
Appearance
Tessella | |
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Tessella sertata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Subtribe: | Phaegopterina |
Genus: | Tessella Breyer, 1957 |
Tessella is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Breyer in 1957.
Species
[edit]- Tessella grandis Toulgoët, 2002
- Tessella jorgenseni Schaus, 1921
- Tessella klagesi (Rothschild, 1909)
- Tessella leucomelas Toulgoët, 2000
- Tessella sertata Berg, 1882
Former species
[edit]- Tessella apostata Schaus, 1905
References
[edit]- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.