''Imma'' is a large

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the obtectomeran "

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, so are harder to iden ...

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Immidae. This is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...

of its family. They are widespread in the

tropics The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's ax ...

, 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'' (Walker, 859 * '' Imma acosma'' (Turner, 1900) * '' Imma acrognampta'' Meyrick, 1930 * '' Imma acroptila'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma aeluropis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma albifasciella'' (Pagenstecher, 1900) * '' Imma albofascia'' (Felder, 1861) * '' Imma albotaeniana'' (Sauber, 1901) * '' Imma alienella'' (Walker, 1864) * '' Imma amphixantha'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma ancistrota'' Meyrick, 1912 * '' Imma arenaria'' Diakonoff, 1955 * '' Imma aritogiton'' Diakonoff, 1955 * '' Imma arsisceles'' Meyrick, 1937 * '' Imma asaphoneura'' Meyrick, 1934 * '' Imma assita'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * '' Imma atrosignata'' (Felder, 1861) * '' Imma atrotacta'' Diakonoff, 1955 * '' Imma aulonias'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma autodoxa'' (Meyrick, 1886) * '' Imma auxobathra'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma bifulminata'' Meyrick, 1930 * '' Imma bilineella'' (Snellen, 1885) * '' Imma boeta'' (Druce, 1898) * '' Imma caelestis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma campsigramma'' Meyrick, 1938 * '' Imma cancanopis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma catapsesta'' Meyrick, 1934 * '' Imma chasmatica'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma chloromelalis'' (Walker, 866 * '' Imma chloroplintha'' Meyrick, 1928 * '' Imma chlorosoma'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma chlorosphena'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma chlorospila'' Meyrick, 1923 * '' Imma chrysoplaca'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma cincta'' (Druce, 1898) * '' Imma ciniata'' (Druce, 1898) * '' Imma cladophragma'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma confluens'' Meyrick, 1931 * '' Imma congrualis'' Walsingham, 1900 * '' Imma cosmoplaca'' Meyrick, 1930 * '' Imma costipuncta'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) * '' Imma crocozela'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma cuneata'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma cymbalodes'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma cyclostoma'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma dedicata'' Meyrick, 1925 * '' Imma denticulata'' Meyrick, 1910 * '' Imma diaphana'' (Pagenstecher, 1884) * '' Imma diluticiliata'' (Walsingham, 1900) * '' Imma dioptrias'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma dipselia'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma epichlaena'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma epicomia'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma ergasia'' (Meyrick, 1905) * '' Imma eriospila'' Meyrick, 1922 * '' Imma euglypta'' Meyrick, 1931 * '' Imma evelina'' Meyrick, 1938 * '' Imma feaniensis'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * '' Imma flammula'' Diakonoff, 1978 * '' Imma flavibasa'' (Moore, 1888) * '' Imma flaviceps'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) * '' Imma francenella'' Legrand, 1966 * '' Imma fulminatrix'' Meyrick, 1934 * '' Imma gloriana'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * '' Imma grammarcha'' (Meyrick, 1905) * '' Imma halonitis'' Meyrick, 1920 * '' Imma harpagacma'' Meyrick, 1935 * '' Imma hectaea'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma hemixanthella'' (Holland, 1900) * '' Imma heppneri'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * '' Imma homalotis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma homocrossa'' Meyrick, 1930 * '' Imma hyphantis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma impariseta'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * '' Imma inaptalis'' (Walker, 866 * '' Imma inclinata'' Diakonoff, 1955 * '' Imma infima'' Meyrick, 1930 * '' Imma itygramma'' Meyrick, 1928 * '' Imma leniflua'' Meyrick, 1931 * '' Imma leucomystis'' Meyrick, 1923 * '' Imma lichneopa'' (Lower, 1903) * '' Imma lithosioides'' (Moore, 1887) * '' Imma loxoscia'' Turner, 1913 * '' Imma lyrifera'' Meyrick, 1910 * '' Imma lysidesma'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma mackwoodi'' (Moore, 1887) * '' Imma marileutis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma megalyntis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma melanosphena'' Meyrick, 1918 * '' Imma melotoma'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma mesochorda'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma metachlora'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma metriodoxa'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma microsticta'' (Hampson, 1897) * '' Imma monastica'' Meyrick, 1910 * '' Imma monocosma'' Diakonoff & Arita, 1979 * '' Imma mormopa'' Meyrick, 1910 * '' Imma mylias'' * '' Imma nephelatma'' Meyrick, 1927 * '' Imma nephallactis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma nephelastra'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma neurota'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma niphopelta'' Meyrick, 1930 * '' Imma niveiciliella'' (Snellen, 1885) * '' Imma nubigena'' Meyrick, 1910 * '' Imma obliquefasciata'' Walsingham, 1900 * '' Imma ochrilactea'' Meyrick, 1934 * '' Imma ochrophara'' Bradley, 1962 * '' Imma otoptera'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma oxypselia'' Meyrick, 1928 * '' Imma panopta'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma paratma'' Meyrick, 1912 * '' Imma pardalina'' (Walker, 1863) * '' Imma penthinoides'' (Pagenstecher, 1884) * '' Imma periploca'' Meyrick, 1910 * '' Imma phalerata'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma philomena'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * '' Imma philonoma'' Meyrick, 1925 * '' Imma phthorosema'' Meyrick, 1912 * '' Imma platyxantha'' Turner, 1913 * '' Imma porpanthes'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma priozona'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma procrossa'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma protocrossa'' Meyrick, 1909 * '' Imma psithyristis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma psoricopa'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma pyrophthalma'' Meyrick, 1937 * '' Imma quadrivittana'' (Walker, 1863) * '' Imma quaestoria'' Meyrick, 1911 * '' Imma rotia'' J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 * '' Imma rugosalis'' Walker, 859/small> * '' Imma selenaea'' Diakonoff, 1955 * '' Imma semicitra'' Meyrick, 1937 * '' Imma semiclara'' Meyrick, 1929 * '' Imma spanista'' Meyrick, 1930 * '' Imma steganota'' Meyrick, 1914 * '' Imma stilbiota'' (Lower, 1903) * '' Imma strepsizona'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma synconista'' Meyrick, 1918 * '' Imma tesseraria'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma tetrascia'' Meyrick, 1912 * '' Imma tetrope'' (Diakonoff, 1978) * '' Imma thianthes'' Meyrick, 1927 * '' Imma thymora'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma thyriditis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma torophracta'' Meyrick, 1935 * '' Imma trachyptila'' Meyrick 1921 * '' Imma transversella'' (Snellen, 1878) * '' Imma triardis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma trichinota'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma tyrocnista'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma uranitis'' Meyrick, 1910 * '' Imma vaticina'' Meyrick, 1912 * '' Imma viola'' (Pagenstecher, 1886) * '' Imma xantharcha'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma xanthosticha'' (Turner, 1936) * '' Imma xanthomela'' Meyrick, 1930

Selected former species

* '' Imma grammatistis'' Meyrick, 1906 * '' Imma minatrix'' 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

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