Tamba euryodia

Tamba euryodia
Specimen from Peninsular Malaysia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Tribe: Incertae sedis
Genus: Tamba
Species: T. delicata
Binomial name
Tamba euryodia
Prout, 1932

Tamba euryodia is a species of noctuoid moths in the Erebidae family.

Characteristics

The species of ground colour with hindwing and much of the medial and dorsal area of the forewing largely obscured by areas of various shades of mauve-grey within which the orbicular of the forewing and the discal mark of the hindwing are conspicuous. The ground colour is restricted to the basal zone and an extensive apical rectangle on the forewing, these areas being finely fasciated in darker brown that also delineates the venation.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Thailand, mainly in the hill dipterocarp forests.

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