Imma tetrascia Meyrick, 1912
 IMMIDAE,   IMMOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Imma tetrascia
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings each with dark marks near the middle. The hindwings are greyer, fading at the bases. The forewings each have a slightly convex costa. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Imma tetrascia
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

This species has been found in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Exotic Microlepidoptera,
    Volume 1, Part 2 (1912), pp. 38-39.

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    (written 25 December 2012, updated 3 April 2021)