Biology:Imma vaticina

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Short description: Species of moth

Imma vaticina
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Species:
I. vaticina
Binomial name
Imma vaticina
Meyrick, 1912

Imma vaticina is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Australia , where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are violet fuscous with a transverse dark fuscous mark on the end of the cell, in males connected with the dorsum by a direct obscure darker shade, followed by somewhat paler suffusion. The hindwings are hyaline (glass like), with the veins dark fuscous. There is a broad fuscous band along the costa and a dark fuscous terminal band, broadest at the apex, with an abrupt projection inwards beneath vein 2, below this abruptly narrow, then with a long wedge-shaped projection on vein 1b. The dorsum is slenderly suffused with fuscous.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Fenzlia species.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed (6 September 2019). "Imma vaticina Meyrick, 1912". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/immoidea/immidae/imma/#vaticina. Retrieved 2 September 2020. 
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (2): 39. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (27 May 2013). "Imma vaticina Meyrick, 1912". http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/immi/vaticina.html. Retrieved 2 September 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13366367 entry