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Paradoxica proxima

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Paradoxica

Paradoxica proxima is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in south-eastern China and northern Vietnam.

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are short and very broad and the ground colour is brown. There are blackish-brown patches basally at the costa and in the quadrangular upper medial area. The crosslines are weakly marked and dark brown. The terminal line is indicated only by darker interveinal dots. The hindwing ground colour is dark grey with a discal spot.

References

Paradoxica proxima Wikipedia