Tifama is a monotypic moth genus in the family Notodontidae (the prominent moths) erected by Francis Walker in 1855. Its only species, Tifama chera, was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. The species is known from Suriname[1] and Brazil.
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| Genus: | Tifama Walker, 1855
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| Species: | T. chera
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| Tifama chera (Drury, 1773)
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Description
editUpperside: antennae setaceous (bristly). Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish russet. Wings grey-ash coloured, the anterior having a dark brown irregular line running near the posterior and external edges to the anterior near the tips. Posterior wings immaculate. Underside: the same colours as the upper, without any marks. Margins of the wings entire. Wingspan nearly 2+1⁄2 inches (60 mm).[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Tifama Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
- ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 2. pp. 38-39. pl. XX.
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