Imma acroptila

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Imma acroptila
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Species:
I. acroptila
Binomial name
Imma acroptila
Meyrick, 1906

Imma acroptila is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. [1] It is found in Sierra Leone. [2]

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, mixed with glossy purplish slaty on the veins, in females mixed with ochreous between the veins. There is a short orange dash from the base, and a slender streak beneath the costa towards the base, as well as several small scattered orange spots and streaks in the disc. In females, there is an obscure submarginal orange-ochreous line from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus. The hindwings are dark fuscous. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (September 6, 2019). "Imma acroptila Meyrick, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Imma acroptila Meyrick, 1906". Afromoths. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  3. ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1906 (2): 182.


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