Tamba coeruleobasis
Appearance
Tamba coeruleobasis | |
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Bornean specimen from hill mixed dipterocarp forest | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Tamba |
Species: | T. coeruleobasis
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Binomial name | |
Tamba coeruleobasis Kobes, 1989
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Tamba coeruleobasis is a noctuoid moth in the family Erebidae first described by Lutz W. R. Kobes in 1989.[1]
Characteristics
[edit]The medial area of the forewing is broadly unmarked from the irregularly black-bordered blue basal patch to the fine, irregular to zigzag paler fasciae in the marginal zone; these cross a triangular darker area at the apex.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]It is found in Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia in the lowlands and hill forests.
References
[edit]- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Tamba coeruleobasis Kobes". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved November 19, 2019.