Pollex diabolo

Pollex diabolo is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2007. It is known from Balawan in the Philippines.

Pollex diabolo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pollex
Species:
P. diabolo
Binomial name
Pollex diabolo
Fibiger, 2007

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewing is narrow and light brown in the medial and anterior part of the subterminal areas, other areas of the forewing are blackish brown. The hindwing is unicolorous grey brown with an indistinct black discal spot and the underside unicolorous grey brown.

References

  • Fibiger, Michael (2007). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1567: 1–116.


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