Imma stilbiota

Imma stilbiota is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Imma stilbiota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Immidae
Genus:
Imma
Species:
I. stilbiota
Binomial name
Imma stilbiota
(Lower, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Tortricomorpha stilbiota Lower, 1903

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are deep purplish fuscous, minutely irrorated (sprinkled) throughout with bluish-white scales and with an obscure blackish mark at one-third from the base, in the middle. An oblique blackish fascia is found from the inner margin at two-thirds to the posterior end of the cell and there is a row of blackish marks along the termen. The hindwings are dark smoky fuscous.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (6 September 2019). "Imma stilbiota (Lower, 1903)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 27 (1): 69.


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