Abstract
This is the third part of a series of papers on the recently described family Micronoctuidae Fibiger, 2005. Part 3 includes the description of one new subfamily: Tactusinae, with two new tribes: Tactusini and Obscurini; and 18 new genera: Tactusa, Conspica, Tumula, Dignus, Vas, Nigerides, Fustis, Bruma, Costasensora, Longiantrum, Abes, Asyprocessa, Tantulius, Asylemissa, Clarior, Obscura, Editum, and Asytegumen. A total of 77 species and one subspecies are described, of which 76 species are new. One new combination is given. As additions to previously published parts 1 and 2 of the revision, one new genus, Sinochrostia in the subfamily Parachrostiinae, is described. Three new species of Pollexinae Fibiger, 2007, are described; three new species of subfamily Belluliinae are described; and six new species of Parachrostiinae are described, five in the genus Duplex, and one new species and one new subspecies in teh genus Mimachrostia. All taxa inhabit eastern, southern, or south-eastern Asia, Indonesia, or Australia in tropical, subtropical, and temperate climatic zones.References
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