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Cophomantella bifrenata

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Cophomantella bifrenata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Cophomantella
Species:
C. bifrenata
Binomial name
Cophomantella bifrenata
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Onebala bifrenata Meyrick, 1921

Cophomantella bifrenata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921 and is found in South Africa and Tanzania.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark purple fuscous with a direct transverse whitish-ochreous streak at two-fifths, the posterior edge suffused especially on the upper half, and extended as a slender streak along the costa to beyond the middle. There is a cloudy whitish-ochreous line from a spot on the costa at three-fourths to the dorsum before the tornus, sinuate inwards above and outwards below the middle. The hindwings are pale greyish.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella bifrenata (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella bifrenata (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 89–90 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.