Cophomantella alphanozoma

Cophomantella alphanozoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Cophomantella
Species: C. alphanozoma
Binomial name
Cophomantella alphanozoma
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Cophomantis alphanozoma Meyrick, 1926

Cophomantella alphanozoma is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1926. It is known from Sierra Leone and Uganda.[1][2]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are dark purpiish-slaty-fuscous with undefined slightly oblique fasciae of blackish suffusion about one-third and two-thirds, disappearing in oblique lights, the second followed by an ochreous-whitish spot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

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