Imma spanista
Imma spanista is a moth of the family Immidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1930. It is found in New Guinea[1] and Papua New Guinea.[2]
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| Species: | I. spanista |
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| Imma spanista Meyrick, 1930 | |
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]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Imma spanista". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- "Imma spanista". Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- Exotic Microlep. 4: 2
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