Cophomantella cyclopodes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Cophomantella |
Species: | C. cyclopodes |
Binomial name | |
Cophomantella cyclopodes (Meyrick, 1922) | |
Synonyms | |
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Cophomantella cyclopodes is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is known to exist in Tanzania. [1] [2]
The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are dark purplish fuscous with a large rounded-transverse pale ochreous spot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey. [3]
The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of the Palaearctic realm.
Lachnostola is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae. Its only species, Lachnostola amphizeucta, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.
Acridotarsa is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1893.
Dichomeris byrsoxantha is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.
Cophomantella is a genus of moths in the family Lecithoceridae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940. The name of this genus is a replacement name for Cophomantis Meyrick.
Cophomantella cubiculata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is known from the Seychelles (Silhouette).
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.
Cophomantella artonoma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1936. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Cophomantella bifrenata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is known from South Africa and Tanzania.
Cophomantella bythota is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is known from Ghana.
Cophomantella crypsizyga is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is known from Malawi.
Cophomantella elaphopis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is known from Assam, India.
Cophomantella furnaria is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from South Africa.
Cophomantella homogramma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is known from South Africa.
Cophomantella lychnocentra is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory and Queensland.
Cophomantella myadelpha is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is known from Assam, India and southern India.
Cophomantella osphrantica is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is known from Chennai, India.
Cophomantella pumicata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is known from Mumbai, India.
Cophomantella syngonarcha is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is known from Uganda.
Cladophantis spilozeucta is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in South Africa.