Dextella flavus

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Dextella flavus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dextella
Species:
D. flavus
Binomial name
Dextella flavus
Fibiger, 2011

Dextella flavus is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in western Malaysia (it was described from western Pahang).

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are short and relatively narrow and the ground colour is beige. There are blackish-brown patches basally on the costa and also in the upper medial and terminal areas. The crosslines are weakly marked and light brown. The terminal line is indicated by black-brown interveinal dots. The hindwing ground colour is grey with a well-marked discal spot.

References[edit]

  • Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.