Microcolona trigonospila

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

Last updated February 08, 2022

Microcolona trigonospila 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 New South Wales and Victoria.^[2]

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The forewings are light reddish ochreous, the margins suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous. The stigmata is raised, black and edged with whitish ochreous. The first discal is somewhat before the middle, the second at three-fourths and the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are fuscous.^[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 trigonospila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 26 May 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (29 December 2018). "Microcolona trigonospila Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22 (2): 375. 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 trigonospila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 26 May 2018.

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

[3] Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22 (2): 375. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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