Microcolona pycnitis
Microcolona pycnitis is a moth in the family Elachistidae.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
| Microcolona pycnitis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Microcolona |
| Species: | M. pycnitis |
| Binomial name | |
| Microcolona pycnitis Meyrick, 1915 | |
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
- 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.
- Microcolona at funet
- Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 334
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