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]

Imma
Imma atrosignata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Imma
Walker, [1859]
Type species
Imma rugosalis
Walker, [1859]
Diversity
>165 species
Synonyms[1]

Davendra Moore, 1887
Dysapura Turner, 1936
Pingrasa Walker, [1859]
Pingrassa (lapsus)
Pseudotortrix Turner, 1900
Thylacopleura Meyrick, 1886
Topaza Walker, 1864 (non G.R. Gray, 1840: preoccupied)
Tortricomorpha C.Felder, 1861
Vinzela Walker, [1866]

Selected species edit

Species of Imma include:[2]

Selected former species edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ ABRS (2011), and see sources in Savela (2010)
  2. ^ a b Clarke (1986), and see sources in Savela (2010)

References edit

  •   Media related to Imma at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Data related to Imma at Wikispecies
  • Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2011): Australian Faunal Directory – Imma. Version of 2011-MAY-11. Retrieved 2011-DEC-22.
  • Clarke, John Frederick Gates (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1–485. PDF fulltext Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine (214 MB!)
  • Savela, Markku (2010): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Imma. Version of 2010-JUN-07. Retrieved 2011-DEC-22.