Flax longus

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

Flax longus is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).

The wingspan is 9-10.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings (including fringes) is light brown, although the base of the costa is dark brown. There is a dark brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are indistinct and brown. The terminal line is only indicated by black interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous light brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

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