Pollex maxima

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Pollex maxima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pollex
Species:
P. maxima
Binomial name
Pollex maxima
Fibiger, 2007

Pollex maxima is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2007. It is known from Java.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewing is relatively broad and long and brown, with the costa blackish brown in the medial area. The hindwing is unicolorous brown with an indistinct black discal spot and the underside unicolorous brown.

References[edit]

  • Fibiger, Michael (2007). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1567: 1–116.