Cophomantella osphrantica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Cophomantella |
Species: | C. osphrantica |
Binomial name | |
Cophomantella osphrantica (Meyrick, 1929) | |
Synonyms | |
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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]
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.
Ichneutica petrograpta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand where it is found in the southwest districts of the South Island, including Westland, Otago Lakes and Fiordland. It is very similar in appearance to I. mutans. It inhabits tussock and shrubland in the alpine to subalpine zones. Adults of I. petrograpta are on the wing from December to February and are attracted to sugar traps. The life history of this species is unknown as are the host species of its larvae.
Onebala probolaspis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in South Africa.
Autosticha enervata is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Assam, India.
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 eremota is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Turner in Meyrick in 1911. It is known from Sri Lanka.
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 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 cyclopodes is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is known to exist in Tanzania.
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 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.
Ichneutica sapiens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. I. sapiens is found in the central North Island, in the South Island in Westland and also the southern parts of the South Island, and in Stewart Island. This species inhabits wetland habitat but its life history is unknown as are the host species of its larvae. The adult moths are on the wing between December to early January and are attracted to sugar traps and to light. I. sapiens is very similar in appearance to I. micrastra but is a smaller moth with a shorter wingspan, has differently formed antennae and slightly different forewing markings.