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Flax sulawesii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Tentaxinae

Flax sulawesii is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Indonesia (it was described from Utara on Sulawesi).

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings including fringes are light brown. The base of the costa is dark brown and there is a dark-brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The crosslines are indistinct brown, outlined in beige, except the terminal line which 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

Flax sulawesii Wikipedia