Imma tetrascia
Imma tetrascia is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland[1] and Western Australia.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Immidae |
| Genus: | Imma |
| Species: | I. tetrascia |
| Binomial name | |
| Imma tetrascia Meyrick, 1912 | |
The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous yellowish with four rather irregular transverse fuscous lines or shades, the first very near the base, the second at one-third, broken and interrupted in the middle, the upper portion oblique, the third beyond the middle, somewhat oblique, the fourth from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, rather curved, sometimes very faint except towards the costa. There is a slender dark fuscous streak around the apex and upper portion of the termen. The hindwings are rather dark fuscous.[3]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (6 September 2019). "Imma tetrascia Meyrick, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (25 December 2012). "Imma tetrascia Meyrick, 1912". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (2): 38.
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