Imma catapsesta

Imma catapsesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Species: I. catapsesta
Binomial name
Imma catapsesta
Meyrick, 1934

Imma catapsesta is a moth in the Immidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1934.[1] It is found on the Marquesas Islands.[2]

The wingspan is 23-26 mm. The forewings are light grey with a faint yellowish tinge and a slightly irregular fuscous line from the middle of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, obscurely pale edged anteriorly, sometimes faint but with darker marks on the costa and in the middle. There is a scalloped dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are pale greyish, with a suffused grey terminal fascia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Imma at funet.fi.
  2. ↑ BOLD Systems
  3. ↑ Pyrales and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Islands


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