Imma acosma

Imma acosma is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1900. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.[1]

Imma acosma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Species:
I. acosma
Binomial name
Imma acosma
(Turner, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Pseudotortrix acosma Turner, 1900
  • Tortricomorpha leiochroa Lower, 1903
  • Imma leiochroa

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are brownish-fuscous, with the posterior portion of the disc sometimes suffused with brownish-ochreous and sometimes with a small fuscous erect line on the inner margin at one-fifth. A very irregularly angled fuscous line runs from the costa before the middle to the inner margin beyond the middle and there is a fuscous dot in the disc at two-thirds, followed by two oblique fuscous lines from the costa at three-fifths and four-fifths towards, but not reaching, the anal angle and hindmargin respectively. All these markings may be obsolete. Sometimes, there is a dark fuscous line close to the upper three-fourths of the hindmargin. The hindwings are fuscous-grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Hymenanthera dentata. They are active during the day. The larvae are green with dark speckles and sparse hairs.[3]

References

  1. Imma at funet.fi.
  2. Trans. Proc. R. Soc. S. Aust. 24: 16 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia


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