Biology:Pollex hamus
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Short description: Species of moth
| Pollex hamus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Pollex |
| Species: | P. hamus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pollex hamus Fibiger, 2007
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Pollex hamus is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2007. It is known from Leyte in the Philippines .
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewing is relatively broad and dark brown. The hindwing is very small and unicolorous dark brown, without a discal spot. The ventral part of the hindwing is transformed to a long log-like cylindrical tube. The underside is unicolorous dark brown.
References
- Fibiger, Michael (2007). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae". Zootaxa 1567: 1–116. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01567p116f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q7225624 entry
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