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Flax biaki

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Tentaxinae

Flax biaki is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia (it was described from Biak Island, Irian Jaya).

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings (including fringes) are beige brown, although there are brown areas on the subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa is dark brown. There is a dark brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are mostly indistinct. The subterminal line is brown and the terminal line is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

References

Flax biaki Wikipedia