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Posted: 17 Nov 2013

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KS034 Imma diplospila

KS034 Imma diplospila
Immidae? - Wingspan: 25mm.

Two specimens were recorded on the 3rd September at the hotel. My thanks to Ryan for suggesting the family, but so far there isn't any indication of a species identity that I can find to confirm it. A further point of information is that the underwings are a uniform matching black. Now updated with more information provided by Ryan, thanks!
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 Ryan Brookes
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Imma sp.

Immidae
8 years ago.
Tony James club has replied to Ryan Brookes club
Thanks for the suggestion Ryan. Provisionally, I have now used the Genus, although I have not yet found any information / pictures to confirm it.
8 years ago.
 Ryan Brookes
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Here are some images of Imma species:

Clarke, 1969; Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. 6
archive.org/stream/catalogueoftypes06cata#page/100/mode/2up

Browse through plates 50 to 83. None match exactly but a few are pretty close. Some show sexual dimorphism and unfortunately not every species in this genus has both sexes described.
7 years ago.
 Tony James
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Thanks for persisting with these problems, Ryan. I've looked through the pages, and the closest specimen from what I can see is Imma diplospila from the Andaman Islands on p119. This is fairly close geographically as well, so provisionally I'll mark it as that species.
7 years ago.

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