Flax clavus

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

Flax clavus is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Indonesia (western Java).

The wingspan is 11.5–12 mm. The forewings are light brown, although the subterminal, terminal areas and fringes are brown. There is a black-brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area. The base of the costa is black brown at the base, subapically with small brown dots. The crosslines are indistinct light brown. The terminal line is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey with a discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

References[edit]

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