Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Micronoctuidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Tentaxinae | |
Flax lueneborgi is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea (it was described from Dyaul Island within the Bismarck Islands).
Description
The wingspan is 7.5–10 mm. The forewings (including fringes) are beige brown, with light-brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa and the quadrangular patch in the upper medial area are dark brown, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are mostly indistinct and brown. The subterminal line is brown and the terminal line is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey with an indistinct discal spot. The underside of the forewings is brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.
All known specimens have been collected in Malaise traps near Sumuna, a small village within a primary forest.