Tamba elachista Hampson, 1926 CALPINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has grey patterned wings, with a white tick on the costa of each forewing. Each forewing costa is curved back so that the wingtip is hooked. The forewing margins are scalloped.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species occurs in Australia in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

George F. Hampson,
Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History),
London : British Museum (Natural History) 1926, p. 546.

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