Flax rennelli
Flax rennelli | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Flax |
Species: | F. rennelli
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Binomial name | |
Flax rennelli Fibiger, 2011
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Flax rennelli is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found on Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands.
The wingspan is 8-8.5 mm. The forewings are beige, with a brown subterminal area. The base of the costa and all of the medial area are also brown. The crosslines are light brown. The terminal line is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.
References[]
- Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.
Categories:
- Micronoctuini
- Micronoctuini stubs