Microcolona crypsicasis
Microcolona crypsicasis 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 Tasmania.[2]
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The wingspan is 7–10 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. There is a raised black dot on the fold at one-sixth and another beneath the fold at one-third. A third is found in the disc slightly above the middle and a fourth beneath the fold obliquely beyond the third, almost dorsal, and two transversely placed close together above the tornus. There is a cloudy fuscous spot on the costa before two-thirds and two black dots longitudinally placed at the apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona crypsicasis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- Savela, Markku, ed. (29 December 2018). "Microcolona crypsicasis Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- "Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae".
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