Microstola

Microstola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Microstola
Lower, 1920
Species: M. ammoscia
Binomial name
Microstola ammoscia
Lower, 1920
Synonyms
  • Aclytophanes Turner, 1940
  • Microstola ammoscia Lower, 1920
  • Heliosia aedumena Turner, 1922

Microstola is a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae. It contains the single species Microstola ammoscia, which is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland. The habitat consists of wet tropics.[2]

Adults are pale brown, except for two dark spots on the forewings.[3]

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