Pollex hamus
| Pollex hamus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Pollex |
| Species: | P. hamus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pollex hamus Fibiger, 2007 | |
Pollex hamus is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is known from Leyte in the Philippines.
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewing is relatively broad and dark brown. The hindwing is very small and unicolorous dark brown, without a discal spot. The ventral part of the hindwing is transformed to a long log-like cylindrical tube. The underside is unicolorous dark brown.
References
- Fibiger, M. 2007: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae. Zootaxa, 1567: 1-116. Abstract & excerpt
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