Imma spanista

Imma spanista
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Species: I. spanista
Binomial name
Imma spanista
Meyrick, 1930

Imma spanista is a moth of the Immidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930. It is found in New Guinea[1] and Papua New Guinea.[2]

The wingspan is about 16 millimetres (0.63 in). The forewings are deep purple with a moderate dark fuscous terminal fascia and a small transverse ochreous-whitish spot on the costa beyond the middle. The hindwings are fuscous, with the posterior three-fifth of the wing suffused dark fuseous and the area beneath the cell thinly scaled, and beneath this a hyaline subdorsal line.[3]

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