Pollex hamus

Pollex hamus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micronoctuidae
Genus: Pollex
Species: P. hamus
Binomial name
Pollex hamus
Fibiger, 2007

Pollex hamus is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is known from Leyte in the Philippines.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewing is relatively broad and dark brown. The hindwing is very small and unicolorous dark brown, without a discal spot. The ventral part of the hindwing is transformed to a long log-like cylindrical tube. The underside is unicolorous dark brown.

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