Tactusina

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Tactusina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Micronoctuini
Subtribe: Tactusina
Fibiger, 2010
Synonyms
  • Tactusinae Fibiger, 2010

The Tactusina are a subtribe of moths of the family Erebidae. The clade was described by Michael Fibiger in 2010.

Taxonomy

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The subtribe was originally described as the subfamily Tactusinae of the family Micronoctuidae.

Clades (former tribes) and genera

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References

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  • Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119.
  • Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.