Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Immidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Species | |
Genus Bryonympha
Meyrick, 1930 | ||
Bryonympha silvana is a moth of the Immidae family and only species in the Bryonympha genus. It is found on the Comoros (Grande Comore).
The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are green, irregularly sprinkled blackish with the costal edge whitish, on the basal fourth and a median spot dark grey. There are irregular ill-defined markings of black suffusion, consisting of some small spots near the base, costal spots at one-fourth and the middle and some marbling from three-fourth to near the apex, a vague streak from the first costal spot to the middle of the dorsum, a large blotch above the middle at two-thirds connected only by the black second discal stigma with a vague streak running to join the first streak on the middle of the dorsum, some marking towards the termen beneath the apex, and a spot on the tornus. The hindwings are dark grey.