Pollex spastica

Pollex spastica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2007. It is known from Panay in the Philippines.

Pollex spastica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pollex
Species:
P. spastica
Binomial name
Pollex spastica
Fibiger, 2007

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewing is narrow and grey brown, suffused with black scales. The hindwing is unicolorous brown with an indistinct black discal spot and the underside unicolorous brown.

References

  • Fibiger, Michael (2007). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1567: 1–116.


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