- Mimachrostia costafasciata
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Mimachrostia costafasciata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Micronoctuidae Genus: Mimachrostia Species: M. costafasciata Binomial name Mimachrostia costafasciata
Fibiger, 2008Mimachrostia costafasciata is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is known from northern Vietnam.
Adults have been found in September.
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewing is relatively narrow and light brown, with prominent black spots only at the costa and a hardly visible narrow, beige reniform stigma. The antemedian and postmedian lines are well marked only at the costa. The subterminal line is indistinct. The terminal line is marked by brown interveinal spots. The hindwing is greyish brown with an indistinct discal spot. The underside of the upper forewing is part brownish, but otherwise grey-brown, without a pattern. The underside of the upper hindwing is brownish, although the lower part is light grey, with a postmedian line and a discal spot.
References
- Fibiger, M. 2008: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae. Zootaxa, 1867: 1-136. Abstract & excerpt
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