Tascina
Encyclopedia
Tascina is a genus of moths within the Castniidae
family. It is found in South East Asia.
Castniidae
Castniidae, or castniid moths, is a small family of moths with less than 200 species: The majority are Neotropical with some in Australia and a few in south-east Asia. These are medium-sized to very large moths, usually with drab, cryptically-marked forewings and brightly coloured hindwings. They...
family. It is found in South East Asia.
Selected species
- Tascina dalattensisTascina dalattensisTascina dalattensis is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in southern Vietnam....
Fukuda, 2000 - Tascina orientalisTascina orientalisTascina orientalis is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia.Adults have orange hindwings with a broad black border....
Westwood, 1877 - Tascina metallicaTascina metallicaTascina metallica is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found on Borneo and Palawan.Adults have robust, clubbed antennae. The ground colour of the forewings is black, with an oblique white bar and a broad blue dorsum in males and a black hindwing in females. The hindwing underside is rufous...
Pagenstecher, 1890 - Tascina nicevilleiTascina nicevilleiTascina nicevillei is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in the Tenasserim region of southern Burma....
(Hampson, 1895)