Flax elachista
| Flax elachista | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micronoctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Tentaxinae |
| Genus: | Flax |
| Species: | F. elachista |
| Binomial name | |
| Flax elachista (Fletcher, 1957) | |
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Flax elachista is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found on the Solomon Islands (Rennell Island).
The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are light brown, with brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa, and all of the medial area are also brown. The crosslines are indistinct and light brown. The subterminal line is brown and the terminal line is only indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.
References
- Fibiger, M. 2011: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. Zootaxa, 2842: 1–188. Preview
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