Flax lueneborgi

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).

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

Description

The wingspan is 7.5–10 mm (0.30–0.39 in). The forewings (including fringes) are beige brown, with light-brown subterminal and terminal areas. The costa base and a quadrangular patch in the upper medial area are both dark brown, with a black dot in the inner lower section. The crosslines are largely hazy and brown. The subterminal line is brown and the terminal line is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey with an indistinct discal spot. The underside of the forewings is brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

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

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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