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''Imma chloromelalis'' 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 ...
in the family Immidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. Adults are dark reddish brown, silvery cinereous beneath. The forewings are slightly rounded at the tips, with some green speckles, most of which form three very incomplete bands. The costa is hardly convex, while the exterior border is convex and hardly oblique. The hindwings are brown.''List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum'' 34: 1249


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Moths described in 1866 Immidae Moths of South America {{Immidae-stub