Tactusa nieukerkeni

Tactusa nieukerkeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micronoctuidae
Genus: Tactusa
Species: T. nieukerkeni
Binomial name
Tactusa nieukerkeni
Fibiger, 2010

Tactusa nieukerkeni is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is known from northern Vietnam.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The ground colour of the forewing is light yellow, with an acutely angled blackish patch in the upper medial area, a black subterminal area and a small black patch on the costa between the medial patch and the apex. Only the subterminal and terminal lines are indicated, the former inwardly outlined by light yellow and the latter by interneural black spots. The hindwing is dark grey, with a discal spot and the underside is unicolorous grey.

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