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