Tentax penicilla is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in southern Thailand and north-eastern Sumatra.

Tentax penicilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tentax
Species:
T. penicilla
Binomial name
Tentax penicilla
Fibiger, 2011

The wingspan is 10–11 mm.

References

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  • Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.