Imma Monastica
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''Imma monastica'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on
Ambon Island Ambon Island is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The island has an area of and is mountainous, well watered, and fertile. Ambon Island consists of two territories: the city of Ambon, Maluku, Ambon to the south and various districts ('' ...
in the Moluccas of Indonesia. The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, faintly purplish tinged. There is a wedge-shaped ochreous-white mark from the costa near the apex and a fine white denticulate terminal line. The hindwings are dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly. There are broad median and dorsal prismatic-violet-tinged
hyaline A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance. The word is derived from el, ὑάλινος, translit=hyálinos, lit=transparent, and el, ὕαλος, translit=hýalos, lit=crystal, glass, label=none. Histopathology Hyaline cartilage is ...
(glass like) longitudinal patches, confluent towards the base, the upper extending to about three-fourths, the lower nearly to the termen.''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London''. 1910: 465.


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Moths described in 1910 Immidae Moths of Indonesia {{Immidae-stub