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Flax clavus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Tentaxinae

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

The wingspan is 11.5–12 mm. The forewings are light brown, although the subterminal, terminal areas and fringes are brown. There is a black-brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The base of the costa is black brown at the base, subapically with small brown dots. The crosslines are indistinct light brown. The terminal line is indicated by dark-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 clavus Wikipedia