''Asyprocessa wapi'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

first described by Michael Fibiger in 2010. It is known from southern

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

, in Southeast Asia.

Description

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 Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

of ''Asyprocessa wapi'' is about 9 mm. The head, patagia, tegulae, thorax and the ground colour of the forewing are brown suffused with dark brown scales. The basal part of costa, costal part of the medial area, subterminal, and terminal area, including the fringes are blackish brown. The costal medial area is quadrangular. The forewing is narrow, pointed at the apex and brown. The hindwing is grey and the discal spot absent.

References

* Micronoctuini Moths of Asia Moths described in 2010 {{Micronoctuini-stub