Imma monastica

Imma monastica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Species: I. monastica
Binomial name
Imma monastica
Meyrick, 1910

Imma monastica is a moth in the Immidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found on the Moluccas (Ambon).[1]

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged. There is a wedge-shaped ochreous-white mark from the costa near the apex and a fine white denticulate terminal line. The hindwings are dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly. There are broad median and dorsal prismatic-violet-tinged hyaline longitudinal patches, confluent towards the base, the upper extending to about three-fourths, the lower nearly to the termen.[2]

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