Tornosinus

Tornosinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Hypeninae
Genus:	Tornosinus Bethune-Baker, 1906
Species:	T. niger
Binomial name
Tornosinus niger Bethune-Baker, 1906

Tornosinus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Tornosinus niger, is known from New Guinea. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1906. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. Savela, Markku (March 4, 2012). "Tornosinus Bethune-Baker, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Tornosinus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved March 11, 2020.
3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Tornosinus Bethune-Baker, 1906". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved March 11, 2020.