Microcolona embolopis

Microcolona embolopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Microcolona
Species:	M. embolopis
Binomial name
	Microcolona embolopis; Meyrick, 1897

Last updated February 08, 2022

Microcolona embolopis is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous. There is a very small dark fuscous raised dot beneath the fold before one-third and the stigmata is very small, raised and black. There is a transverse raised black dot beneath the second discal and a sharply defined semi-oval dark fuscous blotch on the costa at two-thirds. The hindwings are 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 embolopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 26 May 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (29 December 2018). "Microcolona embolopis Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
↑ "Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae". 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 embolopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 26 May 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (29 December 2018). "Microcolona embolopis Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

[3] "Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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