Biology:Flax sanchristobali

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Flax sanchristobali is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found on the Solomon Islands (it was described from central Makira).

The wingspan is 9–9.5 mm. The forewings are beige, with brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa and costal quadrangular medial area are also brown. There is a dark-brown dot in the inner lower area and four dark-brown subapical costal dots. The crosslines are mostly light brown, although the subterminal line is brown and the terminal line is only 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 ☰ Q5458275 entry