Imma periploca

(Imma periploca)

Description

Imma periploca is a moth in the Immidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous-purple with an ochreous-yellow streak running around the base, the costa, and the termen, forming a narrow basal patch which extends on the costa and the dorsum so that the edge is concave, very slender through the middle of the costa, at the apex forming a triangular patch, and again very finely attenuated towards the tornus. The hindwings are blackish-grey.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Immidae
Genus:Imma
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