The Tentaxina are a subtribe of moths of the family Erebidae. The clade was described by Michael Fibiger in 2011.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Micronoctuini |
| Subtribe: | Tentaxina Fibiger, 2011 |
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Taxonomy
editThe subtribe was originally described as the subfamily Tentaxinae of the family Micronoctuidae.
Genera
edit- Acusa Fibiger, 2011
- Tentasetae Fibiger, 2011
- Pseudobscura Fibiger, 2011
- Parens Fibiger, 2011
- Alienia Fibiger, 2011
- Tentaspina Fibiger, 2011
- Tentax Fibiger, 2011
- Flax Fibiger, 2011
References
edit- Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.