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Flax lueneborgi

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Flax lueneborgi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Flax
Species:
F. lueneborgi
Binomial name
Flax lueneborgi
Fibiger, 2011

Flax lueneborgi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Papua New Guinea (it was described from Dyaul Island within the Bismarck Islands).

Description

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The wingspan is 7.5–10 mm (0.30–0.39 in).

All known specimens have been collected in malaise traps near Sumuna, a small village within a primary forest.

References

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  • Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.
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