Pollex kangeani

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

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

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewing is brown, suffused with black scales. The hindwing is unicolorous greyish brown with an indistinct black discal spot and the underside unicolorous greyish brown.

References

  • Fibiger, Michael (2007). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1567: 1–116.
  • Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.


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