Flax basis
| Flax basis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micronoctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Tentaxinae |
| Genus: | Flax |
| Species: | F. basis |
| Binomial name | |
| Flax basis Fibiger, 2011 | |
Flax basis is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Laos (Vientiane), in Southeast Asia.
Description
The wingspan is 10-10.5 mm.
The ground colour of the forewings is brown, including the fringes. The base of the costa has a long, dark-brown patch. There is a dark-brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The crosslines are indistinct and dark brown. The terminal line is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots.
The hindwings are grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.
References
- Fibiger, M. 2011: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175-5326 Zootaxa, 2842: 1–188. Preview
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