Imma vaticina
| Imma vaticina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Immidae |
| Genus: | Imma |
| Species: | I. vaticina
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| Binomial name | |
| Imma vaticina Meyrick, 1912
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Imma vaticina is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are violet fuscous with a transverse dark fuscous mark on the end of the cell, in males connected with the dorsum by a direct obscure darker shade, followed by somewhat paler suffusion. The hindwings are hyaline (glass like), with the veins dark fuscous. There is a broad fuscous band along the costa and a dark fuscous terminal band, broadest at the apex, with an abrupt projection inwards beneath vein 2, below this abruptly narrow, then with a long wedge-shaped projection on vein 1b. The dorsum is slenderly suffused with fuscous.[2]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Fenzlia species.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (6 September 2019). "Imma vaticina Meyrick, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (2): 39.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (27 May 2013). "Imma vaticina Meyrick, 1912". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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