Microcolona leptopis

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

Microcolona leptopis 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 Western Australia.

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are ochreous, suffusedly mixed with white, and irrorated with black. There is a clear white longitudinal streak from the base beneath the costa to the second discal stigma, edged above by an irregular clear bright ochreous streak. The stigmata is raised, black and the first discal is placed in the middle of the white longitudinal streak, while the plical is directly below it. The second discal is large. The hindwings are light grey. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona leptopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .