Birthana asmenopa
Birthana asmenopa is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found in New Guinea.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Immidae |
| Genus: | Birthana |
| Species: | B. asmenopa |
| Binomial name | |
| Birthana asmenopa (Meyrick, 1925) | |
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The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are purple-blackish with a gently curved rather broad even deep orange fascia from the middle of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum. There is a leaden-blue terminal line. The hindwings are blackish with a broad slightly curved transverse orange band occupying from before the middle to five-sixths of the wing, the anterior edge rather irregular.[2]
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