Tactusinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Micronoctuidae
Subfamilia: Tactusinae
Tribus: Obscurini - Tactusini
Name

Tactusinae Fibiger, 2010
Type genus: Tactusa Fibiger, 2010 [cited, p. 11]
Stem: Tactus-

References
Primary references

Fibiger, M. 2010. Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae. Zootaxa 2583: 001–119. Preview Reference page.

Additional references

Fibiger, M., Han, H.L. & Kononenko, V.S. 2011. Five new species and one new subspecies of Micronoctuidae from China, with a checklist of Chinese species, including Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea, Micronoctuidae). Zootaxa 2777: 41–53. Preview Reference page.

The Tactusina are a subtribe of moths of the family Erebidae. The clade was described by Michael Fibiger in 2010.
Taxonomy

The subtribe was originally described as the subfamily Tactusinae of the family Micronoctuidae.
Clades (former tribes) and genera

Tactusa clade
Tactusa Fibiger, 2010
Conspica Fibiger, 2010
Tumula Fibiger, 2010
Dignius Fibiger, 2011
Vas Fibiger, 2010
Nilgerides Fibiger, 2010
Fustius Fibiger, 2011
Bruma Fibiger, 2010
Costasensora Fibiger, 2010
Longiantrum Fibiger, 2010
Obscurior clade
Abes Fibiger, 2010
Asyprocessa Fibiger, 2010
Tantulius Fibiger, 2010
Asylemissa Fibiger, 2010
Clarior Fibiger, 2010
Obscurior Fibiger, 2011
Editum Fibiger, 2010
Asytegumen Fibiger, 2010
Dextella Fibiger, 2011
Paradoxica Fibiger, 2011
Dorsum Fibiger, 2011

References

Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119.
Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.