| Metacosmesis aelinopa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]
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]
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