Birthana asmenopa
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Immidae |
Genus: | Birthana |
Species: | B. asmenopa
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Binomial name | |
Birthana asmenopa (Meyrick, 1925)
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Birthana asmenopa is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found in New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are purple-blackish with a gently curved rather broad even deep orange fascia from the middle of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum. There is a leaden-blue terminal line. The hindwings are blackish with a broad slightly curved transverse orange band occupying from before the middle to five-sixths of the wing, the anterior edge rather irregular.[2]
References[]
- ^ Birthana at funet.fi.
- ^ Exotic Microlep. 3: 133
Categories:
- Moths described in 1925
- Immidae
- Moths of Asia
- Immidae stubs