Microcolona

Microcolona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Subfamily:	Parametriotinae
Genus:	Microcolona Meyrick, 1897 [1]
Type species
Microcolona characta Meyrick, 1897
Synonyms
Griphocosma T. B. Fletcher, 1929(disputed)

Microcolona is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.

Taxonomy

The genus is mostly placed in the family Elachistidae, but other authors list it as a member of the families Agonoxenidae or Blastodacnidae.

Species

• Microcolona arizela Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona aurantiella Sinev, 1988
• Microcolona autotypa
• Microcolona celaenospila Turner, 1916
• Microcolona characta Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona cricota
• Microcolona crypsicasis Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona dorochares
• Microcolona embolopis Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona emporica
• Microcolona epixutha Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona eriptila
• Microcolona leptopis Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona leucochtha Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona leucosticta
• Microcolona limodes
• Microcolona nodata Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona omphalias
• Microcolona pantominia
• Microcolona phalarota
• Microcolona polygethes Turner, 1939
• Microcolona ponophora Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona porota Meyrick, 1917
• Microcolona pycnitis Meyrick, 1915
• Microcolona sollennis Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona spaniospila Turner, 1923
• Microcolona technographa Meyrick, 1928
• Microcolona thymopis Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona toropis Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona transennata Meyrick, 1922 (from Brazil & Peru)
• Microcolona trigonospila Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona tumulifera Meyrick, 1921

References

• funet.fi

1. Savela, Markku. "Microcolona Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 1, 2018.