Imma periploca
Imma periploca is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on New Guinea.[1]
| Imma periploca | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Immidae |
| Genus: | Imma |
| Species: | I. periploca |
| Binomial name | |
| Imma periploca Meyrick, 1910 | |
The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous purple with an ochreous-yellow streak running around the base, the costa, and the termen, forming a narrow basal patch which extends on the costa and the dorsum so that the edge is concave, very slender through the middle of the costa, at the apex forming a triangular patch, and again very finely attenuated towards the tornus. The hindwings are blackish grey.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (September 6, 2019). "Imma periploca Meyrick, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1910: 466.
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