Flax honeyi
| Flax honeyi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micronoctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Tentaxinae |
| Genus: | Flax |
| Species: | F. honeyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Flax honeyi Fibiger, 2011 | |
Flax honeyi is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found on the Solomon Islands (it was described from Santa Isabel Island).
The wingspan is about 9 mm. The labial palps, head, patagia, basal part of tegulae and thorax are brownish black. The forewings (including fringes) are beige, with blackish-brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa and all medial area are also blackish-brown with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are indistinct, except for the blackish-brown subterminal line and the terminal line, which is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey without a discal spot. 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