Mimachrostia novofasciata
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Mimachrostia novofasciata is a moth
of the Micronoctuidae
family. It is known from Hainan
in China
.
The wingspan
is about 13 mm. The forewing is beige, with light brown subterminal and terminal areas, blackish brown areas basally and medially by the costa. The subterminal line is indistinct and brown. The subterminal line is beige and the terminal line is indicated by brown interneural dots. The hindwing is greyish brown. The underside is unicolorous grey, although the underside of the forewing is dark grey.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Micronoctuidae
Micronoctuidae
The Micronoctuidae are a family of moths that includes about 400 described species. The family was first described in 2005.Micronoctua karsholti is the smallest of all species in the Noctuoidea superfamily.-Taxonomic History:...
family. It is known from Hainan
Hainan
Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...
in China
China
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.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 13 mm. The forewing is beige, with light brown subterminal and terminal areas, blackish brown areas basally and medially by the costa. The subterminal line is indistinct and brown. The subterminal line is beige and the terminal line is indicated by brown interneural dots. The hindwing is greyish brown. The underside is unicolorous grey, although the underside of the forewing is dark grey.