Tumula is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Tumula flavicollis, is found in northern Thailand. Both the genus and the species were first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010.[1]

Tumula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tumula
Fibiger, 2010
Species:
T. flavicollis
Binomial name
Tumula flavicollis
Fibiger, 2010

The wingspan is about 10 mm.

References

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  1. ^ Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1.