Genus of moths
from Sri Lanka
Tamba is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae . It was erected by Francis Walker in 1869.[ 1]
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the Catocalinae or Calpinae subfamilies of the Erebidae or Noctuidae families.[ 2]
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
References