Tactusa assamiensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010. It is known from Assam in India.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Tactusa |
| Species: | T. assamiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tactusa assamiensis Fibiger, 2010
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The wingspan is about 11.5 mm. There is a very large, triangular, dark-brown and brown patch on the forewing that extends from the antemedial point on the costa to the apex, including the fringes and tornal edge. There is also a large patch in the middle which is slightly lighter brown. Only the terminal lines are visible as blackish-brown interneural spots. The fringes are basally whitish, together forming a line. The hindwing is dark grey, with an indistinct discal spot and the underside is unicolorous grey.
References edit
- Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119.