Flax biaki
| Flax biaki | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micronoctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Tentaxinae |
| Genus: | Flax |
| Species: | F. biaki |
| Binomial name | |
| Flax biaki Fibiger, 2011 | |
Flax biaki is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia (it was described from Biak Island, Irian Jaya).
The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings (including fringes) are beige brown, although there are brown areas on the subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa is dark brown. There is a dark brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are mostly indistinct. The subterminal line is brown and the terminal line is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light 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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