''Tamba '' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It was erected by Francis Walker in 1869.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the Catocalinae or

Calpinae The Calpinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. This subfamily includes many species of moths that have a pointed and barbed proboscis adapted to piercing the skins of fruit to feed on ju ...

subfamilies of the

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

families.

Characteristics

This is a large but morphologically uniform genus of rather delicate

erebid moth The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

s with distinctively patterned wings, the

hindwing Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly. They are found on the second and third thoracic segments (the mesothorax and metathorax), and the two pairs are often referred to as the forewings and hindwi ...

s usually having most elements of the

forewing Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly. They are found on the second and third thoracic segments (the mesothorax and metathorax), and the two pairs are often referred to as the forewings and hindwin ...

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 Tamba may refer to: People * a traditional name among the Kono people of Sierra Leone, West Africa * Tamba Hali (born 1983), Liberia-born American football player *, Japanese sport wrestler * Tetsurō Tamba (1922–2006), Japanese actor Places * ...

'' Swinhoe, 1897 * '' Tamba lala'' Swinhoe, 1900 * '' Tamba lineifera'' Walker, 1865 * ''

Tamba lorio Tamba may refer to: People * a traditional name among the Kono people of Sierra Leone, West Africa * Tamba Hali (born 1983), Liberia-born American football player *, Japanese sport wrestler * Tetsurō Tamba (1922–2006), Japanese actor Places * ...

'' Swinhoe, 1903 * '' Tamba magniplaga'' Swinhoe, 1902 * '' Tamba malayana'' Prout, 1932 * ''

Tamba meeki Tamba may refer to: People * a traditional name among the Kono people of Sierra Leone, West Africa * Tamba Hali (born 1983), Liberia-born American football player *, Japanese sport wrestler * Tetsurō Tamba (1922–2006), Japanese actor Places * ...

'' 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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamba (Moth) Boletobiinae Noctuoidea genera