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Flax brevipennis

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Micronoctuidae

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Tentaxinae

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

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings have a costa which is shorter than the posterior margin. There are areas of more or less dark grey brown, including fringes. The base of the costa is black brown. There is a black-brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are brown, outlined in beige, except for the terminal line, which is only indicated by black 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

Flax brevipennis Wikipedia


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