Flax newbritaini
| Flax newbritaini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micronoctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Tentaxinae |
| Genus: | Flax |
| Species: | F. newbritaini |
| Binomial name | |
| Flax newbritaini Fibiger, 2011 | |
Flax newbritaini is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea (it was described from New Britain within the Bismarck Islands).
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The labial palps, head, patagia, basal part of tegulae and thorax are beige, suffused with a few light-brown scales. The forewings (including fringes) are beige, with light-brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa and the quadrangular patch in upper medial area are brown, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are light brown. The subterminal line is brown and the terminal line is only indicated by brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey without a discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.
References
- Fibiger, M. 2011: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. ISSN 1175-5326 Zootaxa, 2842: 1–188. Preview