Imma lyrifera Meyrick, 1910
IMMIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Imma lyrifera
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

These adult moths have brown forewings each with an irregular orange arc across the middle and an orange margin. The hindwings are transparent, each with a broad black margin and costa. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

This species has been found in :

  • Indonesia, and
  • New Guinea,
    and also in Australia in
  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 7.30, p. 312.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 117.


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    (created 3 January 2012)