Obscurior lateraprocessa
| Obscurior lateraprocessa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micronoctuidae |
| Genus: | Obscurior |
| Species: | O. lateraprocessa |
| Binomial name | |
| Obscurior lateraprocessa (Fibiger, 2010) | |
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Obscurior lateraprocessa is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is known from North Sumatra.
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The head, patagia, anterior part of the tegulae, prothorax, basal part of the costa, costal part of the medial area and fringes are black. The costal medial area is quadrangular. The forewing ground colour is light brown, suffused with brown patches and few black scales. All crosslines are indistinct. The terminal line is well marked by dark-brown interneural dots. The hindwing is grey, without a discal spot. The underside of the forewing is brown, while the underside of the hindwing is light grey, with a discal spot.
References
- Fibiger, M. 2010: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae. Zootaxa, 2583: 1–119. Preview
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