Imma quadrivittana
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Immidae |
Genus: | Imma |
Species: | I. quadrivittana
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Binomial name | |
Imma quadrivittana (Walker, 1863)
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Imma quadrivittana is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Brazil.[1]
Adults are dark blackish purple, the wings elongate, with a cinereous fringe. The forewings are rectangular at the tips, with some ochraceous streaks near the base and with a submarginal band of ochraceous streaks. There is an ochraceous spot on the middle of the costa, and a larger hindward forked ochraceous spot in the middle of the disk. The costa is straight and the exterior border is oblique hindward. The hindwings are blackish brown, with a small yellow spot in the middle of the disk.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Imma quadrivittana (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 28: 417 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.