Imma monastica
| Imma monastica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Immidae |
| Genus: | Imma |
| Species: | I. monastica |
| Binomial name | |
| Imma monastica Meyrick, 1910 | |
Imma monastica is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Ambon Island in the Moluccas of Indonesia.[1][failed verification]
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 (glass like) longitudinal patches, confluent towards the base, the upper extending to about three-fourths, the lower nearly to the termen.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (September 6, 2019). "Imma Walker, [1859]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1910: 465.
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