Biology:Tamsia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Tamsia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tamsia
Roepke, 1938
Species:
T. hieroglyphica
Binomial name
Tamsia hieroglyphica
(Swinhoe, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Oxaenanus hieroglyphica Swinhoe, 1902
  • Tamsia elegantula Roepke, 1938

Tamsia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Roepke in 1938. Its only species, Tamsia hieroglyphica, was first described by Swinhoe in 1902. It is found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.[1][2][3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7681853 entry