Flax tamborai is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Indonesia (it was described from Mount Tambora on Sumbawa).

Flax tamborai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Flax
Species:
F. tamborai
Binomial name
Flax tamborai
Fibiger, 2011

The wingspan is 10.5–12 mm.

References

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