Tentasetae

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Tentasetae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tentasetae
Fibiger, 2011
Species:
T. cambodiana
Binomial name
Tentasetae cambodiana
Fibiger, 2011

Tentasetae is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Tentasetae cambodiana, is only known from Cambodia, where it was described from Bokor National Park. Both the genus and the species were first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011.

The wingspan is about 12 mm.

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