Tamba (moth)

Tamba is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1869.

Taxonomy The genus has previously been classified in the Catocalinae or Calpinae subfamilies of the Erebidae or Noctuidae families.

Characteristics This is a large but morphologically uniform genus of rather delicate erebid moths with distinctively patterned wings, the hindwings usually having most elements of the forewing pattern. The ground color of the wings is usually pale fawn or grayish, and the forewing postmedial line is usually angled or curved round the discal area, though its more posterior oblique section may be continued by one of its components towards the apex. The male antennae are ciliate, and the legs are often tufted with scale crests and hair pencils. The labial palps are typical for catocalines.

Species

Tamba albidalis Walker, 1865 Tamba andrica Prout, 1932 Tamba angulata Candeze, 1927 Tamba apicata Hampson, 1902 Tamba ardescens Prout, 1926 Tamba basiscripta Walker, 1864 Tamba capatra Swinhoe, 1903 Tamba carneotincta Hampson, 1926 Tamba carnitincta Hampson, 1926 Tamba chloroplaga Bethune-Baker, 1906 Tamba cinnamomea Leech, 1900 Tamba coeruleobasis Kobes, 1989 Tamba conscripta Lucas, 1892 Tamba corealis Leech, 1889 Tamba cosmoloma Prout, 1928 Tamba costinotata Butler, 1881 Tamba cyrtogramma Turner, 1908 Tamba decolor Walker, 1865 Tamba delicata Prout, 1932 Tamba diaphora Prout, 1932 Tamba dichroma Prout, 1932 Tamba dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1906 Tamba elachista Hampson, 1926 Tamba elegans Pagenstecher, 1884 Tamba euryodia Prout, 1932 Tamba flaviolata Hampson, 1926 Tamba fulvivenis Bethune-Baker, 1910 Tamba gensanalis Leech, 1889 Tamba grandis Turner, 1933 Tamba griseipars Hampson, 1926 Tamba haemacta Turner, 1908 Tamba hemiionia Hampson, 1926 Tamba hieroglyphica Hampson, 1926 Tamba ionomera Hampson, 1926 Tamba kebea Bethune-Baker, 1906 Tamba lahera Swinhoe, 1897 Tamba lala Swinhoe, 1900 Tamba lineifera Walker, 1865 Tamba lorio Swinhoe, 1903 Tamba magniplaga Swinhoe, 1902 Tamba malayana Prout, 1932 Tamba meeki Bethune-Baker, 1906 Tamba megaspila Warren, 1903 Tamba mindoro Felder, 1874 Tamba mnionomera Hampson, 1926 Tamba multiplaga Swinhoe, 1901 Tamba nigrilinea Walker, 1869 Tamba nigrilineata Wileman, 1915 Tamba ochra Prout, 1932 Tamba ochracea Prout, 1932 Tamba ochreistriga Bethune-Baker, 1906 Tamba ochrodes Swinhoe, 1899 Tamba olivacea Pagenstecher, 1884 Tamba pallida Prout, 1925 Tamba palliolata Swinhoe, 1890 Tamba parallela Wileman, 1915 Tamba plumipes Hampson, 1926 Tamba pronoa Turner Tamba prunescens Hampson, 1926 Tamba punctistigma Hampson, 1895 Tamba reduplicalis Walker, 1865 Tamba rufipennis Hampson, 1895 Tamba scopulina Hampson, 1926 Tamba sidonalis Swinhoe, 1917 Tamba sobana Kobes, 1983 Tamba sondaicus Snellen, 1877 Tamba splendida Prout, 1926 Tamba submicacea Walker, 1869 Tamba syndesma Lower, 1903 Tamba tephraea Turner, 1909 Tamba tessellata Bethune-Baker, 1906 Tamba thermeola Hampson, 1926 Tamba usurpatalis Walker, 1858 Tamba vandenberghi Prout, 1932 Tamba vinolia Hampson, 1895

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