Birthana aristopa

Birthana aristopa is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found on Rossel Island in New Guinea.[1]

Birthana aristopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Birthana
Species:
B. aristopa
Binomial name
Birthana aristopa
(Meyrick, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Imma aristopa Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is 30–32 mm. The forewings are blackish with a broad curved even orange fascia from the middle of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus and a pale leaden-blue terminal line. The hindwings are blackish with a rather broader slightly curved transverse orange band occupying from before the middle to five-sixths.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (July 16, 2016). "Birthana aristopa (Meyrick, 1925)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3: 134.


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