Biology:Imma monastica

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Short description: Species of moth

Imma monastica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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

  1. Savela, Markku, ed (September 6, 2019). "Imma Walker, [1859"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/immoidea/immidae/imma/. Retrieved September 2, 2020. 
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1910: 465. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13366260 entry