Dignius buchsbaumi

Dignius buchsbaumi
Dignius buchsbaumi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micronoctuidae
Genus: Dignius
Species: D. buchsbaumi
Binomial name
Dignius buchsbaumi
(Fibiger, 2010)
Synonyms
  • Dignus buchsbaumi Fibiger, 2010

Dignius buchsbaumi is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is known from Bali.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The head, patagia, tegulae, thorax, and ground colour of the forewing are dark greyish brown. The antemedial and subterminal lines are well marked, black and almost straight. The other lines are weakly marked, except for the narrow terminal line. The hindwing is grey, without a discal spot. The underside is grey, but the costal area of both wings is suffused with black scales, without a discal spot.

References

  • Fibiger, M. 2010: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae. Zootaxa, 2583: 1–119. Preview