Metacosmesis aelinopa

Metacosmesis aelinopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Carposinidae
Genus:	Metacosmesis
Species:	M. aelinopa
Binomial name
Metacosmesis aelinopa Diakonoff, 1982

Metacosmesis aelinopa is a moth in the family Carposinidae first described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1982. ^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

The wingspan of an adult male is 16 mm. Head whitish. Antenna brownish. Palpus dark fuscous base to snow-white apex. Thorax and tegula creamy. Abdomen white. Forewings long and narrow. Costa concave with a pointed apex. Termen strongly oblique. Forewings are Whitish with light grayish-fuscous suffusion. Markings are fuscous and black. Cilia creamy white. Hindwings silvery. Cilia white which becomes creamy towards the apex. ^[4]

References

1. "Species Details: Metacosmesis aelinopa Diakonoff, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Metacosmesis aelinopa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 11, 2018.
3. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
4. Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.