Imma quadrivittana

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Imma quadrivittana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Species:
I. quadrivittana
Binomial name
Imma quadrivittana
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Gauris quadrivittanaWalker, 1863

Imma quadrivittana is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Brazil. [1]

Adults are dark blackish purple, the wings elongate, with a cinereous fringe. The forewings are rectangular at the tips, with some ochraceous streaks near the base and with a submarginal band of ochraceous streaks. There is an ochraceous spot on the middle of the costa, and a larger hindward forked ochraceous spot in the middle of the disk. The costa is straight and the exterior border is oblique hindward. The hindwings are blackish brown, with a small yellow spot in the middle of the disk. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Imma quadrivittana (Walker, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 28: 417 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .