Flax fletcheri

Flax fletcheri is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

Flax fletcheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Flax
Species:
F. fletcheri
Binomial name
Flax fletcheri
Fibiger, 2011

The wingspan is about 9.5 mm (0.37 in). The forewings (including fringes) are beige, with brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa and the medial area are also brown with a dark-brown dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are beige. The terminal line is only indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings are 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.


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