Flax sanchristobali is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found on the Solomon Islands (it was described from central Makira).

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Flax sanchristobali
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Flax
Species:	F. sanchristobali
Binomial name
Flax sanchristobali Fibiger, 2011

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The wingspan is 9–9.5 mm. The forewings are beige, with brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa and costal quadrangular medial area are also brown. There is a dark-brown dot in the inner lower area and four dark-brown subapical costal dots. The crosslines are mostly light brown, although the subterminal line is brown and the terminal line is only indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

• Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.