Family Micronoctuidae Rank Species | Subfamily Tentaxinae | |
Flax basis is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Laos (Vientiane), in Southeast Asia.
Description
The wingspan is 10-10.5 mm.
The ground colour of the forewings is brown, including the fringes. The base of the costa has a long, dark-brown patch. There is a dark-brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The crosslines are indistinct and dark brown. The terminal line is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots.
The hindwings are grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.
References
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