Imma | |
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Imma atrosignata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Immidae |
Genus: | Imma Walker, [1859] |
Type species | |
Imma rugosalis Walker, [1859]
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Diversity | |
>165 species | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Davendra Moore, 1887 |
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 furthermore plentiful in the Neotropics, but not very diverse in the Afrotropics.[2]