Tactusa discrepans is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010. It is known from northern Thailand and the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou.
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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. discrepans
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| Binomial name | |
| Tactusa discrepans Fibiger, 2010
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Adults have been recorded in April, July and October.
The wingspan is 9.5–12 mm.
Subspecies
edit- Tactusa discrepans discrepans (northern Thailand)
- Tactusa discrepans yunnanensis Fibiger, 2011 (Yunnan and Guizhou)
References
edit- Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119.
- Fibiger, Michael; Han, Hui-Lin & Kononenko, Vladimir S. (2011). "Five new species and one new subspecies of Micronoctuidae from China, with a checklist of Chinese species, including Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea, Micronoctuidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2777: 1–13.
- Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.