Birthana asmenopa

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Birthana asmenopa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Birthana
Species:
B. asmenopa
Binomial name
Birthana asmenopa
(Meyrick, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Imma asmenopaMeyrick, 1925

Birthana asmenopa is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found in New Guinea. [1]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are purple-blackish with a gently curved rather broad even deep orange fascia from the middle of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum. There is a leaden-blue terminal line. The hindwings are blackish with a broad slightly curved transverse orange band occupying from before the middle to five-sixths of the wing, the anterior edge rather irregular. [2]

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