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Tactusa discrepans

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Tactusa discrepans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tactusa
Species:
T. discrepans
Binomial name
Tactusa discrepans
Fibiger, 2010

Tactusa discrepans is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010. It is known from northern Thailand and the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou.

Adults have been recorded in April, July and October.

The wingspan is 9.5–12 mm.

Subspecies

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  • Tactusa discrepans discrepans (northern Thailand)
  • Tactusa discrepans yunnanensis Fibiger, 2011 (Yunnan and Guizhou)

References

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  • Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119.
  • Fibiger, Michael; Han, Hui-Lin & Kononenko, Vladimir S. (2011). "Five new species and one new subspecies of Micronoctuidae from China, with a checklist of Chinese species, including Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea, Micronoctuidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2777: 1–13.
  • Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.