Flax vanuatui
| Flax vanuatui | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micronoctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Tentaxinae |
| Genus: | Flax |
| Species: | F. vanuatui |
| Binomial name | |
| Flax vanuatui Fibiger, 2011 | |
Flax vanuatui is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Vanuatu (it was described from south-western Espiritu Santo).
The wingspan is 8-8.5 mm. The forewings are beige, with light-brown patches on the base of the costa and a quadrangular costal medial area, with a black dot at the inner lower edge. The crosslines are light brown. The terminal line is indicated by 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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