Flax bibrevipennis

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

Flax bibrevipennis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found on Borneo (it was described from Sarawak).

The wingspan is 9-9.5 mm. The forewings have a costa which is shorter than the posterior margin. The ground colour is light grey brown, including the fringes. The base of the costa is dark brown. There is a dark-brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are brown, except for the terminal line, which is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are grey. 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.