Imma

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Imma
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Imma atrosignata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Walker, [1859]
Type species
Imma rugosalis
Walker, [1859]
Diversity
>165 species
Synonyms [1]

DavendraMoore, 1887
DysapuraTurner, 1936
PingrasaWalker, [1859]
Pingrassa( lapsus )
PseudotortrixTurner, 1900
ThylacopleuraMeyrick, 1886
TopazaWalker, 1864 (non G.R. Gray, 1840: preoccupied)
TortricomorphaC.Felder, 1861
VinzelaWalker, [1866]

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Imma is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran "micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the genus is furthermore plentiful in the Neotropics, but not very diverse in the Afrotropics. [2]

Selected species

Species of Imma include: [2]

Selected former species

Footnotes

  1. ↑ ABRS (2011), and see sources in Savela (2010)
  2. 1 2 Clarke (1986), and see sources in Savela (2010)

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