Pollex balabaci
Encyclopedia
Pollex balabaci is a moth
of the Micronoctuidae
family. It is known from Balabac in the Philippines
.
The wingspan
is about 11 mm. The forewing is narrow and blackish-brown. The hindwing is unicolorous dark grey with an almost invisible black discal spot and the underside unicolorous 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 Balabac in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
.
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 11 mm. The forewing is narrow and blackish-brown. The hindwing is unicolorous dark grey with an almost invisible black discal spot and the underside unicolorous dark grey.