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Tolpia indiai

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Tolpia indiai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tolpia
Species:
T. indiai
Binomial name
Tolpia indiai
Fibiger, 2007

Tolpia indiai is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2007. It is known from the Nilgiri Mountains of India.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The hindwing is dark brown and the underside unicolorous brown.

References

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  • Fibiger, Michael (2007). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1567: 1–116.