Biology:Flax rennelli
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Short description: Species of moth
| Flax rennelli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Flax |
| Species: | F. rennelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Flax rennelli Fibiger, 2011
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Flax rennelli is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found on Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands.
The wingspan is 8-8.5 mm. The forewings are beige, with a brown subterminal area. The base of the costa and all of the medial area are also brown. The crosslines are light brown. The terminal line is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.
References
- Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae". Zootaxa 2842: 1–188. https://mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02842p188f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q5458273 entry
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