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Flax amita

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Tentaxinae

Flax amita is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia (western Java).

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light brown and the subterminal, terminal area and fringes are brown. There is a black-brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The base of the costa is black brown, subapically with small black dots. The crosslines are indistinct brown. The terminal line is marked indistinctly with black-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey with a discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

References

Flax amita Wikipedia