Cophomantella bifrenata
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Cophomantella |
Species: | C. bifrenata
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Binomial name | |
Cophomantella bifrenata (Meyrick, 1921)
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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
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella bifrenata (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella bifrenata (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 89–90 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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