Flax newirlandi

Flax newirlandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Flax
Species:	F. newirlandi
Binomial name
Flax newirlandi Fibiger, 2011

Flax newirlandi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Papua New Guinea (it was described from the Bismarck Islands, near the centre of New Ireland).

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings (including fringes) are light brown, with brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa and the quadrangular patch in the upper medial area are dark brown, with a black dot in inner lower area. The crosslines are indistinct and brown. The terminal line is only indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

The only known specimen was collected in a clearing near the village of Lemkamin, which is surrounded by primary forest.

References

• Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa . 2842: 1–188.