Flax tamborai
| Flax tamborai | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micronoctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Tentaxinae |
| Genus: | Flax |
| Species: | F. tamborai |
| Binomial name | |
| Flax tamborai Fibiger, 2011 | |
Flax tamborai is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia (it was described from Mount Tambora on Sumbawa).
The wingspan is 10.5-12 mm. The forewings are beige brown, with grey brown subterminal and terminal areas, including the fringes. There is a dark-brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The crosslines are indistinct, brown, outlined in beige. The terminal line is only indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey with an indistinct discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous light 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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