Biology:Flax biaki

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Short description: Species of moth

Flax biaki
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Flax
Species:
F. biaki
Binomial name
Flax biaki
Fibiger, 2011

Flax biaki is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Indonesia (it was described from Biak Island, Western New Guinea).

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings (including fringes) are beige brown, although there are brown areas on the subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa is dark brown. There is a dark brown quadrangular patch in the upper medial area, with a black dot in the inner lower area. The crosslines are mostly indistinct. The subterminal line is brown and the terminal line is indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5458251 entry