Flax honeyi

Flax honeyi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found on the Solomon Islands (it was described from Santa Isabel Island).

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

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The labial palps, head, patagia, basal part of tegulae and thorax are brownish black. The forewings (including fringes) are beige, with blackish-brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa and all medial area are also blackish brown with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are indistinct, except for the blackish-brown subterminal line and the terminal line, which is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey without a discal spot. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

References

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


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