Flax lueneborgi

Flax lueneborgi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Flax
Species:
F. lueneborgi
Binomial name
Flax lueneborgi
Fibiger, 2011

Flax lueneborgi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Papua New Guinea (it was described from Dyaul Island within the Bismarck Islands).

Description

The wingspan is 7.5–10 mm (0.30–0.39 in).

All known specimens have been collected in malaise traps near Sumuna, a small village within a primary forest.

References

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