Microcolona porota

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

Microcolona porota is a moth in the family Elachistidae. [1] It is found in India (Assam). [2]

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are brown with a tuft of scales mixed with dark fuscous and blackish towards the dorsum at two-fifths and another in the disc at three-fourths. There is an indistinct spot of dark fuscous irroration towards the costa at two-thirds. There is an elongate mark of dark fuscous irroration on the costa at two-thirds. There are a few scattered blackish scales in the disc and towards the apex. The hindwings are grey. [3]

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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 porota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Microcolona at funet
  3. ↑ Exotic Microlep. 2 (2): 50 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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