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Tamba (moth)

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Tamba
Tamba dichroma, Borneo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Tamba
Walker, 1869
Type species
Tamba submicacea
Walker, 1869
Synonyms
  • Obdora Walker, 1869
from Sri Lanka

Tamba is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1869.[1]

Taxonomy

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The genus has previously been classified in the Catocalinae or Calpinae subfamilies of the Erebidae or Noctuidae families.[2]

Characteristics

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This is a large but morphologically uniform genus of rather delicate erebid moths with distinctively patterned wings, the hindwings usually having most elements of the forewing pattern. The ground color of the wings is usually pale fawn or grayish, and the forewing postmedial line is usually angled or curved round the discal area, though its more posterior oblique section may be continued by one of its components towards the apex. The male antennae are ciliate, and the legs are often tufted with scale crests and hair pencils. The labial palps are typical for catocalines.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019). "Tamba Walker, 1869". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.