Imma mackwoodi

Imma mackwoodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Immidae
Genus:	Imma
Species:	I. mackwoodi
Binomial name
	Imma mackwoodi; (Moore, 1887)
Synonyms
	Davendra mackwoodi Moore, 1887;

Imma mackwoodi is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1887. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The forewings are ochreous-yellow with an interrupted basal, and a very broad irregular shaped medial pale violet-brown band, beyond which is a contiguous incurved submarginal series of almost confluent longitudinal streaks followed by a marginal series. Tbe medial band is wavy on its inner edge and broadly bilobed across the disc on its outer edge, its area being marked with a yellow streak at end of the cell and an outer series of spots curving from the costa. The hindwings are pale violet-brown.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (September 6, 2019). "Imma mackwoodi (Moore, 1887)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. 3 (4): 520.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (September 6, 2019). "Imma mackwoodi (Moore, 1887)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

[2] The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. 3 (4): 520.