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micromoth Microlepidoptera (micromoths) is an artificial (i.e., unranked and not monophyletic) grouping of moth families, commonly known as the 'smaller moths' (micro, Lepidoptera). These generally have wingspans of under 20 mm, and are thus harder to ...

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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 curr ...

. This is the

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of its family. They are widespread in the

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, with most species occurring between the

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and the

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n region; the genus is furthermore plentiful in the

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, but not very diverse in the

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.Clarke (1986), and see sources in Savela (2010)

Selected species

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of ''Imma'' include: * ''

Imma accuralis ''Imma accuralis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingti ...

'' (Walker,

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Imma acosma ''Imma acosma'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1900. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird ...

'' (Turner, 1900) * '' Imma acrognampta'' Meyrick, 1930 * ''

Imma acroptila ''Imma acroptila'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sierra Leone. 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 aeluropis ''Imma aeluropis'' 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 albifasciella ''Imma albifasciella'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1900. It is found on the Bismarck Archipelago and in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wingspan The wingspan (or just ...

'' (Pagenstecher, 1900) * ''

Imma albofascia ''Imma albofascia'' is a moth of the family Immidae. It is known from Ambon Island (Indonesia), Sri Lanka and southern India. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wi ...

'' (Felder, 1861) * ''

Imma albotaeniana ''Imma albotaeniana'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Christian Johannes Amandus Sauber in 1901. It is found on Java and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Ph ...

'' (Sauber, 1901) * ''

Imma alienella ''Imma alienella'' is a moth in the family Immidae. 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 ...

'' (Walker, 1864) * ''

Imma amphixantha ''Imma amphixantha'' 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 ancistrota ''Imma ancistrota'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found on New Guinea. The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark lilac fuscous, with ochreous-yellow markings, a spot at the base ...

'' Meyrick, 1912 * ''

Imma arenaria ''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 aritogiton ''Imma aritogiton'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1955. It is found in New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua ...

'' 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 South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bound ...

'' Meyrick, 1937 * '' Imma asaphoneura'' Meyrick, 1934 * '' Imma assita'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * ''

Imma atrosignata ''Imma atrosignata'' is a moth of the family Immidae. It is known from Ambon Island of Indonesia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boe ...

'' (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 ''Imma autodoxa'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on Fiji. 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, 1886) * '' Imma auxobathra'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma bifulminata ''Imma bifulminata'' is a moth of 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 ...

'' 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'' (Druce, 1898) * '' Imma caelestis'' 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 genus is ...

'' Meyrick, 1938 * '' Imma cancanopis'' 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 ''Imma chasmatica'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in the Indian states of Sikkim and Assam. The wingspan is 31–33 mm. The forewings are fuscous finely sprinkled with blackish ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma chloromelalis'' (Walker, 866 * ''

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'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma chlorosphena ''Imma chlorosphena'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka. 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 chlorospila ''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, 1923 * '' Imma chrysoplaca'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma cincta'' (Druce, 1898) * '' Imma ciniata'' (Druce, 1898) * '' Imma cladophragma'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma confluens'' 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 The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. ...

'' 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 ''Imma costipuncta'' is a moth of the family Immidae. It is known from Ambon Island of Indonesia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boe ...

'' (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'' 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 The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For ...

'' Meyrick, 1925 * '' Imma denticulata'' Meyrick, 1910 * '' Imma diaphana'' (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. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip ...

'' (Walsingham, 1900) * ''

Imma dioptrias ''Imma dioptrias'' 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 dipselia'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma epichlaena'' 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'' Meyrick, 1922 * '' Imma euglypta'' 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 genus is ...

'' 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'' Diakonoff, 1978 * '' Imma flavibasa'' (Moore, 1888) * '' Imma flaviceps'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) * ''

Imma francenella ''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 ...

'' Legrand, 1966 * '' Imma fulminatrix'' Meyrick, 1934 * ''

Imma gloriana ''Imma gloriana'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1986. It is found in French Polynesia. References

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

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

Imma grammarcha ''Imma grammarcha'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka and possibly on Borneo. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wing ...

'' (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'' 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'' (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'' Meyrick, 1930 * '' Imma hyphantis'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma impariseta ''Imma impariseta'' 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 inaptalis ''Imma inaptalis'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. 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 ...

'' (Walker, 866 * ''

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 genus is ...

'' 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'' 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 Am ...

'' Meyrick, 1931 * ''

Imma leucomystis ''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, 1923 * ''

Imma lichneopa ''Imma lichneopa'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are whitish fuscous, mixed ...

'' (Lower, 1903) * '' Imma lithosioides'' (Moore, 1887) * '' Imma loxoscia'' 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 ''Imma mackwoodi'' 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, Ila� ...

'' (Moore, 1887) * '' Imma marileutis'' 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'' 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 The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other win ...

'' 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'' (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 tinged. Th ...

'' 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 mylias'' is a moth of the family Immidae. It is native to Sri Lanka, India, the Andaman Islands, the Philippines and Taiwan. It is an introduced species in Hawaii. The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are light fuscous with a fa ...

'' * ''

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 benea ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma niphopelta ''Imma niphopelta'' is a moth of the family Immidae. It is found in New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the south ...

'' 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'' Walsingham, 1900 * '' Imma ochrilactea'' Meyrick, 1934 * '' Imma ochrophara'' Bradley, 1962 * ''

Imma otoptera ''Imma otoptera'' 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 oxypselia'' Meyrick, 1928 * '' Imma panopta'' 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'' (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 ''Imma periploca'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. 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, 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'' 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 and Samoa. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wi ...

'' Meyrick, 1925 * '' Imma phthorosema'' Meyrick, 1912 * ''

Imma platyxantha ''Imma platyxantha'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane ...

'' Turner, 1913 * ''

Imma porpanthes ''Imma porpanthes'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Perak, Malaysia. 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 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 ''Imma psithyristis'' 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 ...

'' Meyrick, 1906 * ''

Imma psoricopa ''Imma psoricopa'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka. 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 pyrophthalma ''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, 1937 * '' Imma quadrivittana'' (Walker, 1863) * ''

Imma quaestoria ''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, 1911 * '' Imma rotia'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * '' Imma rugosalis'' Walker,

/small> * '' Imma selenaea'' 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 Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்� ...

'' Meyrick, 1937 * '' Imma semiclara'' 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 Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially t ...

'' 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'' (Lower, 1903) * '' Imma strepsizona'' 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 The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wi ...

'' Meyrick, 1918 * ''

Imma tesseraria ''Imma tesseraria'' 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 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'' 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 The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ot ...

'' 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'' 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'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma xanthosticha'' (Turner, 1936) * ''

Imma xanthomela ''Imma xanthomela'' is a moth of the family Immidae. 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 eleventh-largest island, it is situated e ...

'' 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 The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the oth ...

'' 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'' (Walsingham, 1897)

Footnotes

References

* * * (2011): Australian Faunal Directory &ndash
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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