Asylemissa is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Asylemissa comma, is known from north-eastern Thailand. Both the genus and the species were first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010.
| Asylemissa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Asylemissa Fibiger, 2010 |
| Species: | A. comma
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| Binomial name | |
| Asylemissa comma Fibiger, 2010
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The wingspan is about 8 mm.
References
edit- Fibiger, Michael (2010). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2583: 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1.