Microcolona transennata

Microcolona transennata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Microcolona
Species:	M. transennata
Binomial name
	Microcolona transennata; Meyrick, 1922

Microcolona transennata is a moth in the family Elachistidae.[1] It is found in Brazil (Para) and Peru.[2]

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous, the bases of the scales ochreous-whitish. There is an ochreous-yellowish elongate spot in the disc at one-fourth, preceded by a blackish tuft. The stigmata is represented by blackish tufts. The plical is placed obliquely before the first discal and is partially edged with ochreous-yellowish. A transverse tuft extends from the second discal to the tornus and there is an ochreous-yellow streak from the costa before the middle just beneath the costa at two-thirds, followed by an oblique wedge-shaped ochreous-yellow mark from the costa. There is an ochreous-yellow line along the posterior part of the fold and an ochreous-yellow dot towards the apex and two or three variable dots or marks in the apical area. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona transennata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
Microcolona at funet
Exotic Microlep. 2 (18): 575

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona transennata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.

[2] Microcolona at funet

[3] Exotic Microlep. 2 (18): 575