Flax fulturai
| Flax fulturai | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micronoctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Tentaxinae |
| Genus: | Flax |
| Species: | F. fulturai |
| Binomial name | |
| Flax fulturai Fibiger, 2011 | |
Flax fulturai is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found on the Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal).
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The labial palps, head, patagia, basal part of tegulae and thorax are black brown. The forewings (including fringes) are beige, with dark-brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of costa and the medial area are also dark-brown. There is a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are beige. 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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