Tamba elachista Hampson, 1926
 BOLETOBIINAE,   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.

    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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    (updated 5 March 2011, 8 September 2023)