Cophomantella osphrantica

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Cophomantella osphrantica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Cophomantella
Species:
C. osphrantica
Binomial name
Cophomantella osphrantica
(Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Cophomantis osphranticaMeyrick, 1929

Cophomantella osphrantica is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is known from Chennai, India. [1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are rather light glossy grey with the discal stigmata moderately large, cloudy and dark grey. The hindwings are rather thinly scaled and light grey. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella osphrantica (Meyrick, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 525.