Imma mackwoodi

Imma mackwoodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Species: I. mackwoodi
Binomial name
Imma mackwoodi
(Moore, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Davendra mackwoodi Moore, 1887

Imma mackwoodi is a moth in the Immidae family. It was described by Moore in 1887. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The forewings are ochreous-yellow with an interrupted basal, and a very broad irregular shaped medial pale violet-brown band, beyond which is a contiguous incurved submarginal series of almost confluent longitudinal streaks followed by a marginal series. Tbe medial band is wavy on its inner edge and broadly bilobed across the disc on its outer edge, its area being marked with a yellow streak at end of the cell and an outer series of spots curving from the costa. The hindwings are pale violet-brown.[2]

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