Tentaspina orienta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Indonesia (it was described from eastern Java).

Tentaspina orienta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tentaspina
Species:
T. orienta
Binomial name
Tentaspina orienta
Fibiger, 2011

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are brown, but black at the base of the costa and the upper medial area. There are small black dots subapically on the costa. The crosslines are weakly defined, except for the dark brown, waved subterminal line and the fringes. The terminal line is indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

References edit

  • Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.