Flax solomoni

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

Flax solomoni is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found on the Solomon Islands (it was described from north-western Guadalcanal).

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The labial palps, head, patagia, basal part of tegulae and thorax are black brown. The forewings (including fringes) are brown, with blackish-brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa and the medial area are also blackish-brown with a black dot in the inner lower area and four dark-brown subapical costal dots. The crosslines are beige, except the terminal line, which is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light 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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