Microcolona leucochtha
Appearance
Microcolona leucochtha | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Microcolona |
Species: | M. leucochtha
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Binomial name | |
Microcolona leucochtha Meyrick, 1897
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Microcolona leucochtha is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and South Australia.[2]
The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are whitish, sprinkled with dark fuscous with a broad clear white longitudinal suffusion extending from the base to three-fourths, anteriorly nearly or quite reaching the costa, posteriorly discal and suffusedly edged above with yellow ochreous. There is sometimes a black basal median dot. The stigmata is raised and black. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona leucochtha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (29 December 2018). "Microcolona leucochtha Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ "Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae".
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