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Imma xantharcha

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Imma xantharcha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Species:
I. xantharcha
Binomial name
Imma xantharcha
Meyrick, 1906

Imma xantharcha is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Borneo.[1]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous, irregularly strewn with yellow-ochreous scales between the veins and with a short orange line beneath the costa from the base. The hindwings are fuscous, thinly scaled towards the base, the terminal third suffused with dark fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Imma at funet.fi.
  2. ^ Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1906 (2): 185 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.