Imma vaticina

Imma vaticina is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Imma vaticina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Immidae
Genus:
Imma
Species:
I. vaticina
Binomial name
Imma vaticina
Meyrick, 1912

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are violet fuscous with a transverse dark fuscous mark on the end of the cell, in males connected with the dorsum by a direct obscure darker shade, followed by somewhat paler suffusion. The hindwings are hyaline (glass like), with the veins dark fuscous. There is a broad fuscous band along the costa and a dark fuscous terminal band, broadest at the apex, with an abrupt projection inwards beneath vein 2, below this abruptly narrow, then with a long wedge-shaped projection on vein 1b. The dorsum is slenderly suffused with fuscous.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Fenzlia species.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (6 September 2019). "Imma vaticina Meyrick, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (2): 39.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (27 May 2013). "Imma vaticina Meyrick, 1912". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2 September 2020.


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