Micronola zahirii

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

Micronola zahirii is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in western Iran and western Azerbaijan.

The wingspan is about 10.5 mm. The head, patagia and anterior part of the thorax are grey brown. The posterior part of the thorax is light brown. The forewing ground colour (including fringes) is light brown and the crosslines are black brown. The hindwings are light brown. The underside of the forewings is unicolourous brown and the underside of the hindwings is beige without a discal spot. The abdomen is brown.

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.