Microcolona pycnitis

Microcolona pycnitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Microcolona
Species:	M. pycnitis
Binomial name
	Microcolona pycnitis; Meyrick, 1915

Last updated February 08, 2022

Microcolona pycnitis is a moth in the family Elachistidae.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.^[2]

The wingspan is 9–13 mm. The forewings are fuscous with large tufts above the dorsum at one-fourth and the middle of the wing, edged with whitish-ochreous or whitish. The discal stigmata is blackish edged with whitish-ochreous or whitish. There is an elongate dark fuscous mark on the costa at two-thirds, edged laterally with whitish-ochreous or whitish. There are three costal and one terminal cloudy dark fuscous dots towards the apex, partially pale-edged. 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 pycnitis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 26, 2018.
↑ Microcolona at funet
↑ Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 334 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 pycnitis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 26, 2018.

[2] Microcolona at funet

[3] Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 334 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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