Imma

Imma is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran "micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the genus is furthermore plentiful in the Neotropics, but not very diverse in the Afrotropics.[2]

For other uses, see Imma (disambiguation).

Imma
Imma atrosignata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Immidae
Genus:	Imma Walker, [1859]
Type species
Imma rugosalis Walker, [1859]
Diversity
>165 species
Synonyms
[1] Davendra Moore, 1887 Dysapura Turner, 1936 Pingrasa Walker, [1859] Pingrassa (lapsus) Pseudotortrix Turner, 1900 Thylacopleura Meyrick, 1886 Topaza Walker, 1864 (non G.R. Gray, 1840: preoccupied) Tortricomorpha C.Felder, 1861 Vinzela Walker, [1866]

Selected species

Species of Imma include:[2]

Imma accuralis (Walker, [1859]) Imma acosma (Turner, 1900) Imma acrognampta Meyrick, 1930 Imma acroptila Meyrick, 1906 Imma aeluropis Meyrick, 1906 Imma albifasciella (Pagenstecher, 1900) Imma albofascia (Felder, 1861) Imma albotaeniana (Sauber, 1901) Imma alienella (Walker, 1864) Imma amphixantha Meyrick, 1906 Imma ancistrota Meyrick, 1912 Imma arenaria Diakonoff, 1955 Imma aritogiton Diakonoff, 1955 Imma arsisceles Meyrick, 1937 Imma asaphoneura Meyrick, 1934 Imma assita J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 Imma atrosignata (Felder, 1861) Imma atrotacta Diakonoff, 1955 Imma aulonias Meyrick, 1906 Imma autodoxa (Meyrick, 1886) Imma auxobathra Meyrick, 1906 Imma bifulminata Meyrick, 1930 Imma bilineella (Snellen, 1885) Imma boeta (Druce, 1898) Imma caelestis Meyrick, 1906 Imma campsigramma Meyrick, 1938 Imma cancanopis Meyrick, 1906 Imma catapsesta Meyrick, 1934 Imma chasmatica Meyrick, 1906 Imma chloromelalis (Walker, [1866]) Imma chloroplintha Meyrick, 1928 Imma chlorosoma Meyrick, 1906 Imma chlorosphena Meyrick, 1906 Imma chlorospila Meyrick, 1923 Imma chrysoplaca Meyrick, 1906 Imma cincta (Druce, 1898) Imma ciniata (Druce, 1898) Imma cladophragma Meyrick, 1906 Imma confluens Meyrick, 1931 Imma congrualis Walsingham, 1900 Imma cosmoplaca Meyrick, 1930 Imma costipuncta (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Imma crocozela Meyrick, 1906 Imma cuneata Meyrick, 1906 Imma cymbalodes Meyrick, 1906 Imma cyclostoma Meyrick, 1906 Imma dedicata Meyrick, 1925 Imma denticulata Meyrick, 1910 Imma diaphana (Pagenstecher, 1884) Imma diluticiliata (Walsingham, 1900) Imma dioptrias Meyrick, 1906 Imma dipselia Meyrick, 1906

Imma epichlaena Meyrick, 1906 Imma epicomia Meyrick, 1906 Imma ergasia (Meyrick, 1905) Imma eriospila Meyrick, 1922 Imma euglypta Meyrick, 1931 Imma evelina Meyrick, 1938 Imma feaniensis J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 Imma flammula Diakonoff, 1978 Imma flavibasa (Moore, 1888) Imma flaviceps (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Imma francenella Legrand, 1966 Imma fulminatrix Meyrick, 1934 Imma gloriana J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 Imma grammarcha (Meyrick, 1905) Imma halonitis Meyrick, 1920 Imma harpagacma Meyrick, 1935 Imma hectaea Meyrick, 1906 Imma hemixanthella (Holland, 1900) Imma heppneri J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 Imma homalotis Meyrick, 1906 Imma homocrossa Meyrick, 1930 Imma hyphantis Meyrick, 1906 Imma impariseta J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 Imma inaptalis (Walker, [1866]) Imma inclinata Diakonoff, 1955 Imma infima Meyrick, 1930 Imma itygramma Meyrick, 1928 Imma leniflua Meyrick, 1931 Imma leucomystis Meyrick, 1923 Imma lichneopa (Lower, 1903) Imma lithosioides (Moore, 1887) Imma loxoscia Turner, 1913 Imma lyrifera Meyrick, 1910 Imma lysidesma Meyrick, 1906 Imma mackwoodi (Moore, 1887) Imma marileutis Meyrick, 1906 Imma megalyntis Meyrick, 1906 Imma melanosphena Meyrick, 1918 Imma melotoma Meyrick, 1906 Imma mesochorda Meyrick, 1906 Imma metachlora Meyrick, 1906 Imma metriodoxa Meyrick, 1906 Imma microsticta (Hampson, 1897) Imma monastica Meyrick, 1910 Imma monocosma Diakonoff & Arita, 1979 Imma mormopa Meyrick, 1910 Imma mylias Imma nephelatma Meyrick, 1927 Imma nephallactis Meyrick, 1906 Imma nephelastra Meyrick, 1906 Imma neurota Meyrick, 1906

Imma niphopelta Meyrick, 1930 Imma niveiciliella (Snellen, 1885) Imma nubigena Meyrick, 1910 Imma obliquefasciata Walsingham, 1900 Imma ochrilactea Meyrick, 1934 Imma ochrophara Bradley, 1962 Imma otoptera Meyrick, 1906 Imma oxypselia Meyrick, 1928 Imma panopta Meyrick, 1906 Imma paratma Meyrick, 1912 Imma pardalina (Walker, 1863) Imma penthinoides (Pagenstecher, 1884) Imma periploca Meyrick, 1910 Imma phalerata Meyrick, 1906 Imma philomena J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 Imma philonoma Meyrick, 1925 Imma phthorosema Meyrick, 1912 Imma platyxantha Turner, 1913 Imma porpanthes Meyrick, 1906 Imma priozona Meyrick, 1906 Imma procrossa Meyrick, 1906 Imma protocrossa Meyrick, 1909 Imma psithyristis Meyrick, 1906 Imma psoricopa Meyrick, 1906 Imma pyrophthalma Meyrick, 1937 Imma quadrivittana (Walker, 1863) Imma quaestoria Meyrick, 1911 Imma rotia J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 Imma rugosalis Walker, [1859] Imma selenaea Diakonoff, 1955 Imma semicitra Meyrick, 1937 Imma semiclara Meyrick, 1929 Imma spanista Meyrick, 1930 Imma steganota Meyrick, 1914 Imma stilbiota (Lower, 1903) Imma strepsizona Meyrick, 1906 Imma synconista Meyrick, 1918 Imma tesseraria Meyrick, 1906 Imma tetrascia Meyrick, 1912 Imma tetrope (Diakonoff, 1978) Imma thianthes Meyrick, 1927 Imma thymora Meyrick, 1906 Imma thyriditis Meyrick, 1906 Imma torophracta Meyrick, 1935 Imma trachyptila Meyrick 1921 Imma transversella (Snellen, 1878) Imma triardis Meyrick, 1906 Imma trichinota Meyrick, 1906 Imma tyrocnista Meyrick, 1906 Imma uranitis Meyrick, 1910 Imma vaticina Meyrick, 1912 Imma viola (Pagenstecher, 1886) Imma xantharcha Meyrick, 1906 Imma xanthosticha (Turner, 1936) Imma xanthomela Meyrick, 1930

Selected former species

• Imma grammatistis Meyrick, 1906
• Imma minatrix Meyrick, 1906
• Imma radiata (Walsingham, 1897)

Footnotes

1. ABRS (2011), and see sources in Savela (2010)
2. Clarke (1986), and see sources in Savela (2010)

References

• Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2011): Australian Faunal Directory – Imma. Version of 2011-MAY-11. Retrieved 2011-DEC-22.
• Clarke, John Frederick Gates (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1-485. PDF fulltext (214 MB!)
• Savela, Markku (2010): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Imma. Version of 2010-JUN-07. Retrieved 2011-DEC-22.