''Imma'' is a large

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the

obtectomera The Obtectomera is a clade of macro-moths and butterflies, comprising over 100,000 species in at least 12 superfamilies. Taxonomy The Obtectomera includes the following 12 superfamilies: * Whalleyanoidea Minet, 1991 * Thyridoidea Herrich-Sc ...

n " micromoth"

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Immidae. This is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nomina ...

of its family. They are widespread in the

tropics The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred ...

, with most species occurring between the

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over ...

and the

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n region; the genus is furthermore plentiful in the

Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bi ...

, but not very diverse in the Afrotropics.Clarke (1986), and see sources in Savela (2010)

Selected species

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of ''Imma'' include: * '' Imma accuralis'' (Walker, 859 * '' Imma acosma'' (Turner, 1900) * ''

Imma acrognampta ''Imma acrognampta'' is a moth of the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is endemic to New Guinea. References Immidae Moths described in 1930 Moths of New Guinea Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Endemic fauna ...

'' Meyrick, 1930 * '' Imma acroptila'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma aeluropis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma albifasciella'' (Pagenstecher, 1900) * '' Imma albofascia'' (Felder, 1861) * '' Imma albotaeniana'' (Sauber, 1901) * '' Imma alienella'' (Walker, 1864) * '' Imma amphixantha'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma ancistrota'' Meyrick, 1912 * '' Imma arenaria'' Diakonoff, 1955 * '' Imma aritogiton'' Diakonoff, 1955 * ''

Imma arsisceles ''Imma arsisceles'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. It is found in South Africa. References Endemic moths of South Africa Moths described in 1937 Immidae Moths of Africa {{Immidae-st ...

'' Meyrick, 1937 * ''

Imma asaphoneura ''Imma asaphoneura'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. It is found in Taiwan. References Moths described in 1934 Immidae Moths of Asia {{Immidae-stub ...

'' Meyrick, 1934 * ''

Imma assita ''Imma assita'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1986. It is found in French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem ...

'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * '' Imma atrosignata'' (Felder, 1861) * ''

Imma atrotacta ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran "micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the genus is ...

'' Diakonoff, 1955 * ''

Imma aulonias ''Imma aulonias'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on the Solomon Islands. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the othe ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma autodoxa'' (Meyrick, 1886) * ''

Imma auxobathra ''Imma auxobathra'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Borneo and in Nepal. The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous in males and blackish in females, with t ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma bifulminata'' Meyrick, 1930 * ''

Imma bilineella ''Imma bilineella'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Snellen in 1885. It is found on Sulawesi, the Sangihe Islands, Buru and the Bismarck Archipelago. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is t ...

'' (Snellen, 1885) * ''

Imma boeta ''Imma boeta'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Druce in 1898. It is found in Panama. The forewings are black, irrorated with grey scales at the base, with a large oval grey spot about the middle of the wing extending from ...

'' (Druce, 1898) * ''

Imma caelestis ''Imma caelestis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in western China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most pop ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma campsigramma ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran " micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the ...

'' Meyrick, 1938 * ''

Imma cancanopis ''Imma cancanopis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma catapsesta ''Imma catapsesta'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. It is found on the Marquesas Islands The Marquesas Islands (; french: Îles Marquises or ' or '; Marquesan: ' ( North Marquesan) and ' ( South ...

'' Meyrick, 1934 * '' Imma chasmatica'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma chloromelalis ''Imma chloromelalis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Brazil. Adults are dark reddish brown, silvery cinereous beneath. The forewings are slightly rounded ...

'' (Walker,

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Imma chloroplintha ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran "micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the genus is ...

'' Meyrick, 1928 * ''

Imma chlorosoma ''Imma chlorosoma'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Assam, India. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other win ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma chlorosphena'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma chlorospila'' Meyrick, 1923 * ''

Imma chrysoplaca ''Imma chrysoplaca'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on New Guinea. The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are purplish fuscous, with ochreous-yellow markings. There is a small spo ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma cincta ''Imma cincta'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1898. It is found in Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central ...

'' (Druce, 1898) * ''

Imma ciniata ''Imma ciniata'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Druce in 1898. It is found in Panama. The forewings are brownish-black, thickly spotted all over with grey and with a black fringe. The hindwings are very dark brown, slight ...

'' (Druce, 1898) * ''

Imma cladophragma ''Imma cladophragma'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Singapore. The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are deep ochreous yellow with longitudinal suffused fuscous streaks above ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma confluens ''Imma confluens'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Brazil, Venezuela and French Guiana. References Moths described in 1931 Immidae Moths of South America {{Immidae-st ...

'' Meyrick, 1931 * ''

Imma congrualis ''Imma congrualis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1900. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is 25–28 mm. The forewings are fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged and with an indistinct dark fuscous di ...

'' Walsingham, 1900 * ''

Imma cosmoplaca ''Imma cosmoplaca'' is a moth of the family Immidae. It is found on Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the nort ...

'' Meyrick, 1930 * '' Imma costipuncta'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) * ''

Imma crocozela ''Imma crocozela'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on New Guinea. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingti ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma cuneata ''Imma cuneata'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Brazil and Colombia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma cymbalodes ''Imma cymbalodes'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Assam, India. The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are rather dark ochreous fuscous with an ochreous-yellow basal patch ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma cyclostoma ''Imma cyclostoma'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Assam in India and Tanintharyi Region of Myanmar. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the dista ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma dedicata ''Imma dedicata'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found in India. The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous with an irregular transverse ochreous-whitish blotch ...

'' Meyrick, 1925 * ''

Imma denticulata ''Imma denticulata'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo and Timor. The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous with the extreme costal edge ochreous ...

'' Meyrick, 1910 * ''

Imma diaphana ''Imma diaphana'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1884. It is found on the Moluccas. This species is also diurnal. References Moths described in 1884 Immidae Moths of Indonesia Taxa named b ...

'' (Pagenstecher, 1884) * ''

Imma diluticiliata ''Imma diluticiliata'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey in 1900. It is found in India ( Assam) and on Sulu Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu (Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Wilāya sin Lupa' Sūg''; ...

'' (Walsingham, 1900) * '' Imma dioptrias'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma dipselia ''Imma dipselia'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on the Sulu Archipelago in the southwestern Philippines. The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are fuscous, slightly ochreous tin ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma epichlaena ''Imma epichlaena'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Borneo. The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with the basal two-fifths deep yellow, the edge paler, ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma epicomia ''Imma epicomia'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on the Solomon Islands. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the othe ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma ergasia'' (Meyrick, 1905) * ''

Imma eriospila ''Imma eriospila'' is a species of moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Pará, Brazil. The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark grey, irregularly suffused dark fuscous, with ...

'' Meyrick, 1922 * ''

Imma euglypta ''Imma euglypta'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Colombia. References

Moths described in 1931 Immidae Moths of South America {{Immidae-stub ...

'' Meyrick, 1931 * ''

Imma evelina ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran " micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the ...

'' Meyrick, 1938 * ''

Imma feaniensis ''Imma feaniensis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1986. It is found in French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthe ...

'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * ''

Imma flammula ''Imma flammula'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1978. It is found in Nepal. The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, very gradually becoming darker towards the costa. The cos ...

'' Diakonoff, 1978 * ''

Imma flavibasa ''Imma flavibasa'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1888. It is found in India (the eastern Himalayas, Assam). The basal half of the forewings is deep yellow, the outer half brownish ferruginous, brightest in ...

'' (Moore, 1888) * ''

Imma flaviceps ''Imma flaviceps'' is a moth of the family Immidae. It is known from the Himalayas. References External links

Immidae Moths of Asia Moths described in 1874 {{Immidae-stub ...

'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) * '' Imma francenella'' Legrand, 1966 * ''

Imma fulminatrix ''Imma fulminatrix'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. It is found on the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. References Moths described in 1934 Immidae Moths of Oceania {{Immidae-st ...

'' Meyrick, 1934 * '' Imma gloriana'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * '' Imma grammarcha'' (Meyrick, 1905) * ''

Imma halonitis ''Imma halonitis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in Chennai, India. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wi ...

'' Meyrick, 1920 * ''

Imma harpagacma ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran " micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the ...

'' Meyrick, 1935 * ''

Imma hectaea ''Imma hectaea'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Borneo. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma hemixanthella ''Imma hemixanthella'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1900. It is found on Buru in Indonesia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip t ...

'' (Holland, 1900) * ''

Imma heppneri ''Imma heppneri'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1986. It is found in French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem ...

'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * ''

Imma homalotis ''Imma homalotis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Borneo. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. F ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma homocrossa ''Imma homocrossa'' is a moth of the family Immidae. It is found on Sumatra. References

Immidae Moths described in 1930 Moths of Indonesia Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Immidae-stub ...

'' Meyrick, 1930 * ''

Imma hyphantis ''Imma hyphantis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka. The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are fuscous with fine ochreous-yellow lines beneath the costa from the base ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma impariseta'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * '' Imma inaptalis'' (Walker,

* ''

Imma inclinata ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran " micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the ...

'' Diakonoff, 1955 * ''

Imma infima ''Imma infima'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found on the Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion and in Sierra Leone.

'' Meyrick, 1930 * ''

Imma itygramma ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran " micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the ...

'' Meyrick, 1928 * ''

Imma leniflua ''Imma leniflua'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North ...

'' Meyrick, 1931 * '' Imma leucomystis'' Meyrick, 1923 * '' Imma lichneopa'' (Lower, 1903) * ''

Imma lithosioides ''Imma lithosioides'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1887. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, ...

'' (Moore, 1887) * ''

Imma loxoscia ''Imma loxoscia'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the ...

'' Turner, 1913 * ''

Imma lyrifera ''Imma lyrifera'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are fuscous purple, ...

'' Meyrick, 1910 * ''

Imma lysidesma ''Imma lysidesma'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Assam in India and Perak in Malaysia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one w ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma mackwoodi'' (Moore, 1887) * ''

Imma marileutis ''Imma marileutis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the main ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma megalyntis ''Imma megalyntis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Borneo. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma melanosphena ''Imma melanosphena'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the ma ...

'' Meyrick, 1918 * ''

Imma melotoma ''Imma melotoma'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sikkim, India. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wing ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma mesochorda ''Imma mesochorda'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Assam, India. The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a slender rather irregular light ochreous-yell ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma metachlora ''Imma metachlora'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Brazil. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma metriodoxa ''Imma metriodoxa'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Sumbawa in Indonesia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the o ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma microsticta ''Imma microsticta'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1897. It is found in Assam, India. The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are similar to '' Moca purpurascens'', but are browner. The head is brown ...

'' (Hampson, 1897) * ''

Imma monastica ''Imma monastica'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Ambon Island in the Moluccas of Indonesia. The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, faintly purplish tinge ...

'' Meyrick, 1910 * ''

Imma monocosma ''Imma monocosma'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff and Yutaka Arita in 1979. It is found on the Japanese islands of Kyusyu and Honshu. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is ...

'' Diakonoff & Arita, 1979 * ''

Imma mormopa ''Imma mormopa'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in on Ambon Island in the Moluccas of Indonesia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance fro ...

'' Meyrick, 1910 * '' Imma mylias'' * ''

Imma nephelatma ''Imma nephelatma'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in New Guinea. The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish fuscous, in males with a short pale ochreous media ...

'' Meyrick, 1927 * ''

Imma nephallactis ''Imma nephallactis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Venezuela. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wing ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma nephelastra ''Imma nephelastra'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Borneo. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma neurota ''Imma neurota'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Borneo. The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with ochreous-yellow markings, in males with a short streak ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma niphopelta ''Imma niphopelta'' is a moth of the family Immidae. It is found in New Guinea. Subspecies *''Imma niphopelta niphopelta'' *''Imma niphopelta lutescens'' Diakonoff, 1955 References Immidae Moths described in 1930 Moths of New Guinea

'' Meyrick, 1930 * ''

Imma niveiciliella ''Imma niveiciliella'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Snellen in 1885. It is found on Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's el ...

'' (Snellen, 1885) * ''

Imma nubigena ''Imma nubigena'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Bali. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For ...

'' Meyrick, 1910 * ''

Imma obliquefasciata ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran " micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the ...

'' Walsingham, 1900 * ''

Imma ochrilactea ''Imma ochrilactea'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. It is found on the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. References

Moths described in 1934 Immidae Moths of Oceania {{Immidae-stub ...

'' Meyrick, 1934 * ''

Imma ochrophara ''Imma ochrophara'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by J. D. Bradley in 1962. It is found on the New Hebrides in the South Pacific Ocean. The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are light orange yellow and the hindw ...

'' Bradley, 1962 * '' Imma otoptera'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma oxypselia ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran " micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the ...

'' Meyrick, 1928 * ''

Imma panopta ''Imma panopta'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Flores. The wingspan is 34–40 mm. The forewings are blackish fuscous, slightly purplish tinged. There is an orange median band, gr ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma paratma ''Imma paratma'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Guyana. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For ...

'' Meyrick, 1912 * ''

Imma pardalina ''Imma pardalina'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1863. It is found on Borneo and in Malaysia (Selangor) and Singapore. The wingspan is . The forewings are fuscous with the su ...

'' (Walker, 1863) * ''

Imma penthinoides ''Imma penthinoides'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Pagenstecher in 1884. It is found on the Moluccas The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. ...

'' (Pagenstecher, 1884) * '' Imma periploca'' Meyrick, 1910 * ''

Imma phalerata ''Imma phalerata'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Assam, India. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wing ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma philomena ''Imma philomena'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1986. It is found on the Marquesas Islands. References

Moths described in 1986 Immidae Moths of Oceania {{Immidae-stub ...

'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * ''

Imma philonoma ''Imma philonoma'' is a moth of the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found on Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island countr ...

'' Meyrick, 1925 * ''

Imma phthorosema ''Imma phthorosema'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Colombia. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with some brownish-ochreous strigulation towards the costa ...

'' Meyrick, 1912 * '' Imma platyxantha'' Turner, 1913 * '' Imma porpanthes'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma priozona ''Imma priozona'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Borneo. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. Fo ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma procrossa ''Imma procrossa'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Borneo. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. F ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma protocrossa ''Imma protocrossa'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Bolivia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingti ...

'' Meyrick, 1909 * '' Imma psithyristis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma psoricopa'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma pyrophthalma'' Meyrick, 1937 * ''

Imma quadrivittana ''Imma quadrivittana'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Brazil. Adults are dark blackish purple, the wings elongate, with a cinereous fringe. The forewings are rectangular at the tips ...

'' (Walker, 1863) * '' Imma quaestoria'' Meyrick, 1911 * ''

Imma rotia ''Imma rotia'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1986. It is found on the Marquesas Islands. References

Moths described in 1986 Immidae Moths of Oceania {{Immidae-stub ...

'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * ''

Imma rugosalis ''Imma rugosalis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka. The forewings are fuscous, with a darker discal dot at two-thirds. The hindwings are darker f ...

'' Walker, 859/small> * ''

Imma selenaea ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran " micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the ...

'' Diakonoff, 1955 * ''

Imma semicitra ''Imma semicitra'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1937. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. References

Moths described in 1937 Immidae Moths of Asia Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Immidae-stub ...

'' Meyrick, 1937 * ''

Imma semiclara ''Imma semiclara'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found on the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. References Moths described in 1929 Immidae Moths of Oceania {{Immidae-stub ...

'' Meyrick, 1929 * ''

Imma spanista ''Imma spanista'' is a moth of the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found on New Guinea and Papua New Guinea. References Immidae Moths described in 1930 Moths of New Guinea Taxa named by Edward Meyri ...

'' Meyrick, 1930 * ''

Imma steganota ''Imma'' is a large genus of moths in the obtectomeran "micromoth" family Immidae. This is the type genus of its family. They are widespread in the tropics, with most species occurring between the Himalayas and the Oceanian region; the genus is ...

'' Meyrick, 1914 * ''

Imma stilbiota ''Imma stilbiota'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the ...

'' (Lower, 1903) * ''

Imma strepsizona ''Imma strepsizona'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the wo ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma synconista ''Imma synconista'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Kanara, India. The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are fuscous, irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous and with a streak ...

'' Meyrick, 1918 * '' Imma tesseraria'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma tetrascia ''Imma tetrascia'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and Western Australia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or ...

'' Meyrick, 1912 * ''

Imma tetrope ''Imma tetrope'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1978. It is found in Nepal. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. Fo ...

'' (Diakonoff, 1978) * ''

Imma thianthes ''Imma thianthes'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found on New Ireland and New Hanover. The wingspan is 20–23 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, irregularly and suffusedly strigulated ...

'' Meyrick, 1927 * ''

Imma thymora ''Imma thymora'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Tefé, Brazil. The wingspan is 21–22 mm. The forewings are dark brown, slightly reddish tinged, strewn with small irregular ill-de ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma thyriditis ''Imma thyriditis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on the Solomon Islands. The wingspan is 20–24 mm. The forewings are ochreous fuscous in males, more or less wholly suffused with o ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma torophracta ''Imma torophracta'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1935. It is found in Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located i ...

'' Meyrick, 1935 * ''

Imma trachyptila ''Imma asaphoneura'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found on Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country ...

'' Meyrick 1921 * ''

Imma transversella ''Imma transversella'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Snellen in 1878. It is found in New Guinea, Singapore and on Sulawesi, the Sunda Islands and Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sund ...

'' (Snellen, 1878) * ''

Imma triardis ''Imma triardis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in southern India. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other win ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma trichinota ''Imma trichinota'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Sulawesi and Bali. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the othe ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma tyrocnista ''Imma tyrocnista'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on India's Andaman Islands. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to th ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma uranitis ''Imma uranitis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Sulawesi in Indonesia. The wingspan is 25–26 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, slightly purplish tinged and with a moderate och ...

'' Meyrick, 1910 * ''

Imma vaticina ''Imma vaticina'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are violet fuscous with a transver ...

'' Meyrick, 1912 * ''

Imma viola ''Imma viola'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Pagenstecher in 1886. It is found on the Aru Islands. The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are brownish-black with a strong violet tinge and white fringes. The hindwin ...

'' (Pagenstecher, 1886) * ''

Imma xantharcha ''Imma xantharcha'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on Borneo. The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous, irregularly strewn with yellow-ochreous scales betwee ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma xanthosticha ''Imma xanthosticha'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1936. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising ...

'' (Turner, 1936) * '' Imma xanthomela'' Meyrick, 1930

Selected former species

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Imma grammatistis ''Bursadella grammatistis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found on New Guinea. The wingspan is about 33 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with ochreous-white markings. There is a str ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma minatrix ''Bursadella minatrix'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is widely distributed on New Guinea. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip t ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma radiata ''Moca radiata'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon. The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are dark olive grey, with orange-ochreous ...

'' (Walsingham, 1897)

Footnotes

References

* * * (2011): Australian Faunal Directory &ndash
''Imma''
Version of 2011-MAY-11. Retrieved 2011-DEC-22. * (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. ''Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology'' 416: 1–485
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(214 MB!) * (2010): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash

Version of 2010-JUN-07. Retrieved 2011-DEC-22. {{Taxonbar, from=Q6004251 Immidae Moth genera