Pollex kangeani

Pollex kangeani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Pollex
Species: P. kangeani
Binomial name
Pollex kangeani
Fibiger, 2007

Pollex kangeani is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is known from the Kangean Islands and Java.

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewing is brown, suffused with black scales. The hindwing is unicolorous greyish-brown with an indistinct black discal spot and the underside unicolorous greyish-brown brown.

References

  • Fibiger, M. 2007: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae. Zootaxa, 1567: 1-116. Abstract & excerpt
  • Fibiger, M. 2008: Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae. Zootaxa, 1867: 1-136. Abstract & excerpt



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