Flax kalliesi

Flax kalliesi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in the south-east of East Timor and in Australia's Northern Territory.

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

Its wingspan is 9–10 mm. The ground colour of the forewings (including fringes) is dark brown, although the base of the costa is black brown. There is a black-brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are indistinct and brown, outlined in beige. The terminal line is only indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

References

  • 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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