| Tentax argentescens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Tentax |
| Species: | T. argentescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Tentax argentescens (Hampson, 1912) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tentax argentescens is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Sri Lanka. [1] [2]
The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are a diurnal moth family in the order Lepidoptera known for their Batesian mimicry in both appearance and behaviour of various Hymenoptera.
Acontiinae is a subfamily of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae. There are more than 50 genera and 430 described species in Acontiinae, found worldwide in temperate and tropical climates.
Cyana is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Diaphania is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Erupa is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Nacoleia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Francis Walker in 1859.
Neurophyseta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Lygropia is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It currently comprises 66 species, which are mostly found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa and Asia, but not in Australia.
Palpita is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Members of the moth genus Stemorrhages may be very similar in appearance.
Petrophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Lansdown Guilding in 1830.
Prionapteryx is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Syllepte is a genus of moths in the family Crambidae.
Scoparia is a grass moth genus of subfamily Scopariinae. Some authors have assigned the synonymous taxon Sineudonia to the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.
Cerynea is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.
Rivula is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae described by Achille Guenée in 1845.
Meganola is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae. The genus was erected by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1898. It is sometimes considered a synonym of Roeselia.
Tentax is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Michael Fibiger in 2011.
Ancylodes is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887, and is known from Spain, Libya, Iraq, Sri Lanka, as well as Australia.
Prionapteryx argentescens is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in South Africa.