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Microcolona pycnitis

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Microcolona pycnitis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Microcolona
Species:
M. pycnitis
Binomial name
Microcolona pycnitis
Meyrick, 1915

Microcolona pycnitis is a moth in the family Elachistidae.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

The wingspan is 9–13 mm. The forewings are fuscous with large tufts above the dorsum at one-fourth and the middle of the wing, edged with whitish-ochreous or whitish. The discal stigmata is blackish edged with whitish-ochreous or whitish. There is an elongate dark fuscous mark on the costa at two-thirds, edged laterally with whitish-ochreous or whitish. There are three costal and one terminal cloudy dark fuscous dots towards the apex, partially pale-edged. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Microcolona pycnitis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Microcolona at funet
  3. ^ Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 334 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.