Microcolona epixutha
Microcolona epixutha 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.[2]
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The wingspan is 6–8 mm. The forewings are reddish-ochreous, irregularly mixed with whitish, irrorated on the margins and sometimes also towards the middle of the disc with dark fuscous. There is a black basal median dot and the stigmata is raised and black. There is dark fuscous costal suffusion towards two-thirds. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona epixutha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- Microcolona at funet
- Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae
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