Biology:Imma platyxantha

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Short description: Species of moth

Imma platyxantha
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Species:
I. platyxantha
Binomial name
Imma platyxantha
Turner, 1913

Imma platyxantha is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, with large yellow-ochreous blotches and a small subcostal basal spot, as well as a large squarish blotch on the costa near the base, nearly touching a smaller spot on one-fourth of the dorsum. There is a second rounded spot on the costa before the middle, nearly touching a large squarish blotch on the mid-dorsum, as well as a spot on the costa at two-thirds and a triangular spot on the costa immediately before the apex. A dark fuscous terminal line does not extend to the tornus. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

References

  1. Imma at funet.fi.
  2. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
  3. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 38 (1): 206 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13366295 entry