Imma monastica
| Imma monastica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Immidae |
| Genus: | Imma |
| Species: | I. monastica |
| Binomial name | |
| Imma monastica Meyrick, 1910 | |
Imma monastica is a moth in the Immidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found on the Moluccas (Ambon).[1]
The wingspan is 17-21 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged. There is a wedge-shaped ochreous-white mark from the costa near the apex and a fine white denticulate terminal line. The hindwings are dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly. There are broad median and dorsal prismatic-violet-tinged hyaline longitudinal patches, confluent towards the base, the upper extending to about three-fourths, the lower nearly to the termen.[2]
References
- ↑ Imma at funet.fi.
- ↑ Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 465
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