Microcolona polygethes

Microcolona polygethes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Microcolona
Species: M. polygethes
Binomial name
Microcolona polygethes
Turner, 1939

Microcolona polygethes is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Turner in 1939.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.[2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are grey suffused with pale ochreous, except on the costal margin. The markings are black, consisting of a minute dot on the fold near the base. The first discal is white-edged, and the plical is beneath it. A larger, second discal is crescentic or double and there is a series of minute dots on the apical third of the costa and on the termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona polygethes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. Microcolona at funet
  3. A Second Revision of the Lepidoptera of Tasmania Archived 2017-08-13 at the Wayback Machine.


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