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Micronola irani

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Micronola

Micronola irani is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in the mountains of western and southern Iran. The habitat consists of open Artemisia steppe.

The wingspan is 7–9 mm. The head, patagia and thorax are dark grey brown. The forewing ground colour (including fringes) is grey brown. The crosslines are black, outlined in beige. The subterminal and terminal lines are indistinct or absent. The hindwings are grey. The underside is unicolourous grey without a discal spot on the hindwing. The abdomen is grey.

References

Micronola irani Wikipedia