Imma spanista

Description

Imma spanista is a moth of the Immidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930. It is found in New Guinea and Papua New Guinea. The wingspan is about 16 millimetres (0.63 in). The forewings are deep purple with a moderate dark fuscous terminal fascia and a small transverse ochreous-whitish spot on the costa beyond the middle. The hindwings are fuscous, with the posterior three-fifth of the wing suffused dark fuseous and the area beneath the cell thinly scaled, and beneath this a hyaline subdorsal line.