Microcolona cricota

Microcolona cricota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Microcolona
Species:	M. cricota
Binomial name
	Microcolona cricota; Meyrick, 1917

Last updated February 08, 2022

Microcolona cricota is a moth in the family Elachistidae.^[1] It is found in southern India and Assam.^[2]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous, irregularly sprinkled with blackish, sometimes forming a streak connecting discal tufts and a dorsal blotch before the middle. The base is tinged with ochreous whitish. There is an indistinct ochreous-whitish transverse line at one-fifth and a tuft mixed with black beneath the fold at one-fourth of the wing. There is a minute black dot circled with ochreous-whitish towards the costa at two-fifths. There is an elongate blackish mark along the costa at about two-thirds and an ochreous-whitish dot preceding a tuft towards the dorsum in the middle. There is also a tuft on the disc at three-fourths, edged posteriorly with black. Towards the apex, there are some scattered pale golden-metallic scales in the disc, as well as two small black dots on each margin. The hindwings are light grey.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona cricota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 26, 2018.
↑ Microcolona at funet
↑ Exotic Microlep. 2 (2): 50 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona cricota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 26, 2018.

[2] Microcolona at funet

[3] Exotic Microlep. 2 (2): 50 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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