''Imma alienella'' is a

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 w ...

in the family

Immidae Immoidea is a superfamily of pantropical moths containing only the family Immidae comprising ten genera with around 250 species, over half of them in the genus '' Imma''. Many are brightly coloured and diurnal. The position of this group is cur ...

. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

. Adults are dark cupreous brown, the forewings with luteous (muddy-yellow) marks. There is a short oblique basal streak, a middle band composed of three irregularly triangular spots, an apical triangular spot and some connected marginal points. The hindwings are pale cinereous (ash gray) along the costa.''List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum'' 29: 808

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Moths described in 1864 Immidae Moths of Asia {{Immidae-stub