Cophomantella alphanozoma

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Cophomantella alphanozoma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Cophomantella
Species:
C. alphanozoma
Binomial name
Cophomantella alphanozoma
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Cophomantis alphanozomaMeyrick, 1926

Cophomantella alphanozoma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is known from Sierra Leone and Uganda. [1] [2]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-slaty fuscous with undefined slightly oblique fasciae of blackish suffusion about one-third and two-thirds, disappearing in oblique lights, the second followed by an ochreous-whitish spot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are rather dark grey. [3]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella alphanozoma (Meyrick, 1926)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella aphanozona (Meyrick, 1926)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (10): 290.