Tancrea

Tancrea pardalina
Tancrea pardalina, from: molbiol.ru male, imago
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Micrarctiina
Genus: Tancrea
Püngeler, 1898
Species: T. pardalina
Binomial name
Tancrea pardalina
Püngeler, 1898
Synonyms
  • Ocnogyna pardalina

Tancrea is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. The genus includes only a single species, Tancrea pardalina, known from deserts in Central Asia: Kara-Kum, Ustyurt, Sary-Kum. Females are brachypterous.

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