# Imma

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For other uses, see [Imma (disambiguation)](/source/Imma_(disambiguation)).

***Imma*** is a large [genus](/source/Genus) of [moths](/source/Moth) in the [obtectomeran](/source/Obtectomera) "[micromoth](/source/Micromoth)" [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Immidae](/source/Immidae). This is the [type genus](/source/Type_genus) of its family. They are widespread in the [tropics](/source/Tropics), with most species occurring between the [Himalayas](/source/Himalayas) and the [Oceanian](/source/Oceania) region; the genus is furthermore plentiful in the [Neotropics](/source/Neotropics), but not very diverse in the [Afrotropics](/source/Afrotropics).[1]

## Selected species

[Species](/source/Species) of *Imma* include:[1]

- *[Imma accuralis](/source/Imma_accuralis)* (Walker, [1859])
- *[Imma acosma](/source/Imma_acosma)* (Turner, 1900)
- *[Imma acrognampta](/source/Imma_acrognampta)* Meyrick, 1930
- *[Imma acroptila](/source/Imma_acroptila)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma aeluropis](/source/Imma_aeluropis)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma albifasciella](/source/Imma_albifasciella)* (Pagenstecher, 1900)
- *[Imma albofascia](/source/Imma_albofascia)* (Felder, 1861)
- *[Imma albotaeniana](/source/Imma_albotaeniana)* (Sauber, 1901)
- *[Imma alienella](/source/Imma_alienella)* (Walker, 1864)
- *[Imma amphixantha](/source/Imma_amphixantha)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma ancistrota](/source/Imma_ancistrota)* Meyrick, 1912
- *[Imma arenaria](/source/Imma_arenaria)* Diakonoff, 1955
- *[Imma aritogiton](/source/Imma_aritogiton)* Diakonoff, 1955
- *[Imma arsisceles](/source/Imma_arsisceles)* Meyrick, 1937
- *[Imma asaphoneura](/source/Imma_asaphoneura)* Meyrick, 1934
- *[Imma assita](/source/Imma_assita)* J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
- *[Imma atrosignata](/source/Imma_atrosignata)* (Felder, 1861)
- *[Imma atrotacta](/source/Imma_atrotacta)* Diakonoff, 1955
- *[Imma aulonias](/source/Imma_aulonias)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma autodoxa](/source/Imma_autodoxa)* (Meyrick, 1886)
- *[Imma auxobathra](/source/Imma_auxobathra)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma bifulminata](/source/Imma_bifulminata)* Meyrick, 1930
- *[Imma bilineella](/source/Imma_bilineella)* (Snellen, 1885)
- *[Imma boeta](/source/Imma_boeta)* (Druce, 1898)
- *[Imma caelestis](/source/Imma_caelestis)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma campsigramma](/source/Imma_campsigramma)* Meyrick, 1938
- *[Imma cancanopis](/source/Imma_cancanopis)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma catapsesta](/source/Imma_catapsesta)* Meyrick, 1934
- *[Imma chasmatica](/source/Imma_chasmatica)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma chloromelalis](/source/Imma_chloromelalis)* (Walker, [1866])
- *[Imma chloroplintha](/source/Imma_chloroplintha)* Meyrick, 1928
- *[Imma chlorosoma](/source/Imma_chlorosoma)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma chlorosphena](/source/Imma_chlorosphena)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma chlorospila](/source/Imma_chlorospila)* Meyrick, 1923
- *[Imma chrysoplaca](/source/Imma_chrysoplaca)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma cincta](/source/Imma_cincta)* (Druce, 1898)
- *[Imma ciniata](/source/Imma_ciniata)* (Druce, 1898)
- *[Imma cladophragma](/source/Imma_cladophragma)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma confluens](/source/Imma_confluens)* Meyrick, 1931
- *[Imma congrualis](/source/Imma_congrualis)* Walsingham, 1900
- *[Imma cosmoplaca](/source/Imma_cosmoplaca)* Meyrick, 1930
- *[Imma costipuncta](/source/Imma_costipuncta)* (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- *[Imma crocozela](/source/Imma_crocozela)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma cuneata](/source/Imma_cuneata)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma cymbalodes](/source/Imma_cymbalodes)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma cyclostoma](/source/Imma_cyclostoma)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma dedicata](/source/Imma_dedicata)* Meyrick, 1925
- *[Imma denticulata](/source/Imma_denticulata)* Meyrick, 1910
- *[Imma diaphana](/source/Imma_diaphana)* (Pagenstecher, 1884)
- *[Imma diluticiliata](/source/Imma_diluticiliata)* (Walsingham, 1900)
- *[Imma dioptrias](/source/Imma_dioptrias)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma dipselia](/source/Imma_dipselia)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma epichlaena](/source/Imma_epichlaena)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma epicomia](/source/Imma_epicomia)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma ergasia](/source/Imma_ergasia)* (Meyrick, 1905)
- *[Imma eriospila](/source/Imma_eriospila)* Meyrick, 1922
- *[Imma euglypta](/source/Imma_euglypta)* Meyrick, 1931
- *[Imma evelina](/source/Imma_evelina)* Meyrick, 1938
- *[Imma feaniensis](/source/Imma_feaniensis)* J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
- *[Imma flammula](/source/Imma_flammula)* Diakonoff, 1978
- *[Imma flavibasa](/source/Imma_flavibasa)* (Moore, 1888)
- *[Imma flaviceps](/source/Imma_flaviceps)* (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
- *[Imma francenella](/source/Imma_francenella)* Legrand, 1966
- *[Imma fulminatrix](/source/Imma_fulminatrix)* Meyrick, 1934
- *[Imma gloriana](/source/Imma_gloriana)* J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
- *[Imma grammarcha](/source/Imma_grammarcha)* (Meyrick, 1905)
- *[Imma halonitis](/source/Imma_halonitis)* Meyrick, 1920
- *[Imma harpagacma](/source/Imma_harpagacma)* Meyrick, 1935
- *[Imma hectaea](/source/Imma_hectaea)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma hemixanthella](/source/Imma_hemixanthella)* (Holland, 1900)
- *[Imma heppneri](/source/Imma_heppneri)* J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
- *[Imma homalotis](/source/Imma_homalotis)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma homocrossa](/source/Imma_homocrossa)* Meyrick, 1930
- *[Imma hyphantis](/source/Imma_hyphantis)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma impariseta](/source/Imma_impariseta)* J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
- *[Imma inaptalis](/source/Imma_inaptalis)* (Walker, [1866])
- *[Imma inclinata](/source/Imma_inclinata)* Diakonoff, 1955
- *[Imma infima](/source/Imma_infima)* Meyrick, 1930
- *[Imma itygramma](/source/Imma_itygramma)* Meyrick, 1928
- *[Imma leniflua](/source/Imma_leniflua)* Meyrick, 1931
- *[Imma leucomystis](/source/Imma_leucomystis)* Meyrick, 1923
- *[Imma lichneopa](/source/Imma_lichneopa)* (Lower, 1903)
- *[Imma lithosioides](/source/Imma_lithosioides)* (Moore, 1887)
- *[Imma loxoscia](/source/Imma_loxoscia)* Turner, 1913
- *[Imma lyrifera](/source/Imma_lyrifera)* Meyrick, 1910
- *[Imma lysidesma](/source/Imma_lysidesma)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma mackwoodi](/source/Imma_mackwoodi)* (Moore, 1887)
- *[Imma marileutis](/source/Imma_marileutis)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma megalyntis](/source/Imma_megalyntis)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma melanosphena](/source/Imma_melanosphena)* Meyrick, 1918
- *[Imma melotoma](/source/Imma_melotoma)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma mesochorda](/source/Imma_mesochorda)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma metachlora](/source/Imma_metachlora)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma metriodoxa](/source/Imma_metriodoxa)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma microsticta](/source/Imma_microsticta)* (Hampson, 1897)
- *[Imma monastica](/source/Imma_monastica)* Meyrick, 1910
- *[Imma monocosma](/source/Imma_monocosma)* Diakonoff & Arita, 1979
- *[Imma mormopa](/source/Imma_mormopa)* Meyrick, 1910
- *[Imma mylias](/source/Imma_mylias)*
- *[Imma nephelatma](/source/Imma_nephelatma)* Meyrick, 1927
- *[Imma nephallactis](/source/Imma_nephallactis)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma nephelastra](/source/Imma_nephelastra)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma neurota](/source/Imma_neurota)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma niphopelta](/source/Imma_niphopelta)* Meyrick, 1930
- *[Imma niveiciliella](/source/Imma_niveiciliella)* (Snellen, 1885)
- *[Imma nubigena](/source/Imma_nubigena)* Meyrick, 1910
- *[Imma obliquefasciata](/source/Imma_obliquefasciata)* Walsingham, 1900
- *[Imma ochrilactea](/source/Imma_ochrilactea)* Meyrick, 1934
- *[Imma ochrophara](/source/Imma_ochrophara)* Bradley, 1962
- *[Imma otoptera](/source/Imma_otoptera)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma oxypselia](/source/Imma_oxypselia)* Meyrick, 1928
- *[Imma panopta](/source/Imma_panopta)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma paratma](/source/Imma_paratma)* Meyrick, 1912
- *[Imma pardalina](/source/Imma_pardalina)* (Walker, 1863)
- *[Imma penthinoides](/source/Imma_penthinoides)* (Pagenstecher, 1884)
- *[Imma periploca](/source/Imma_periploca)* Meyrick, 1910
- *[Imma phalerata](/source/Imma_phalerata)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma philomena](/source/Imma_philomena)* J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
- *[Imma philonoma](/source/Imma_philonoma)* Meyrick, 1925
- *[Imma phthorosema](/source/Imma_phthorosema)* Meyrick, 1912
- *[Imma platyxantha](/source/Imma_platyxantha)* Turner, 1913
- *[Imma porpanthes](/source/Imma_porpanthes)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma priozona](/source/Imma_priozona)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma procrossa](/source/Imma_procrossa)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma protocrossa](/source/Imma_protocrossa)* Meyrick, 1909
- *[Imma psithyristis](/source/Imma_psithyristis)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma psoricopa](/source/Imma_psoricopa)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma pyrophthalma](/source/Imma_pyrophthalma)* Meyrick, 1937
- *[Imma quadrivittana](/source/Imma_quadrivittana)* (Walker, 1863)
- *[Imma quaestoria](/source/Imma_quaestoria)* Meyrick, 1911
- *[Imma rotia](/source/Imma_rotia)* J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
- *[Imma rugosalis](/source/Imma_rugosalis)* Walker, [1859]
- *[Imma selenaea](/source/Imma_selenaea)* Diakonoff, 1955
- *[Imma semicitra](/source/Imma_semicitra)* Meyrick, 1937
- *[Imma semiclara](/source/Imma_semiclara)* Meyrick, 1929
- *[Imma spanista](/source/Imma_spanista)* Meyrick, 1930
- *[Imma steganota](/source/Imma_steganota)* Meyrick, 1914
- *[Imma stilbiota](/source/Imma_stilbiota)* (Lower, 1903)
- *[Imma strepsizona](/source/Imma_strepsizona)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma synconista](/source/Imma_synconista)* Meyrick, 1918
- *[Imma tesseraria](/source/Imma_tesseraria)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma tetrascia](/source/Imma_tetrascia)* Meyrick, 1912
- *[Imma tetrope](/source/Imma_tetrope)* (Diakonoff, 1978)
- *[Imma thianthes](/source/Imma_thianthes)* Meyrick, 1927
- *[Imma thymora](/source/Imma_thymora)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma thyriditis](/source/Imma_thyriditis)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma torophracta](/source/Imma_torophracta)* Meyrick, 1935
- *[Imma trachyptila](/source/Imma_trachyptila)* Meyrick 1921
- *[Imma transversella](/source/Imma_transversella)* (Snellen, 1878)
- *[Imma triardis](/source/Imma_triardis)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma trichinota](/source/Imma_trichinota)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma tyrocnista](/source/Imma_tyrocnista)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma uranitis](/source/Imma_uranitis)* Meyrick, 1910
- *[Imma vaticina](/source/Imma_vaticina)* Meyrick, 1912
- *[Imma viola](/source/Imma_viola)* (Pagenstecher, 1886)
- *[Imma xantharcha](/source/Imma_xantharcha)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma xanthosticha](/source/Imma_xanthosticha)* (Turner, 1936)
- *[Imma xanthomela](/source/Imma_xanthomela)* Meyrick, 1930

## Selected former species

- *[Imma grammatistis](/source/Imma_grammatistis)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma minatrix](/source/Imma_minatrix)* Meyrick, 1906
- *[Imma radiata](/source/Imma_radiata)* (Walsingham, 1897)

## Footnotes

1. Clarke (1986), and see sources in Savela (2010)

## References

- (2011): Australian Faunal Directory – [*Imma*](http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Imma). Version of 2011-MAY-11. Retrieved 2011-DEC-22.
- (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. *Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology* **416**: 1–485. [PDF fulltext](http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/5293/1/SCtZ-0416-Hi_res.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120327051529/http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/5293/1/SCtZ-0416-Hi_res.pdf) 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine (214 MB!)
- (2010): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – [*Imma*](https://web.archive.org/web/20120419145536/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/oecophoridae/ethmiinae/index.html). Version of 2010-JUN-07. Retrieved 2011-DEC-22.

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