Flax basis

Flax basis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micronoctuidae
Subfamily: Tentaxinae
Genus: Flax
Species: F. basis
Binomial name
Flax basis
Fibiger, 2011

Flax basis is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Laos (Vientiane), in Southeast Asia.

Description

The wingspan is 10-10.5 mm.

The ground colour of the forewings is brown, including the fringes. The base of the costa has a long, dark-brown patch. There is a dark-brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The crosslines are indistinct and dark brown. The terminal line is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots.

The hindwings are grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

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