Imma trichinota

(Imma trichinota)

Description

Imma trichinota is a moth in the Immidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Sulawesi and Bali. The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, in males with a longitudinal impression beneath the costa from one-sixth to the middle, containing a tuft of long ochreous-whitish scales from the posterior extremity, covered by a flap of very long fuscous hairs from the anterior extremity. The costal edge is ochreous-white from before the middle to three-fourths. The hindwings are dark fuscous, towards the base thinly scaled, with undefined semitransparent median and subdorsal streaks.

Taxonomic tree:

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