Atrichozancla cosymbota

Atrichozancla cosymbota is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1920. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Atrichozancla cosymbota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Atrichozancla
Species:
A. cosymbota
Binomial name
Atrichozancla cosymbota
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Eridachtha cosymbota Meyrick, 1920

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are dark violet-grey, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous and with an obscure cloudy darker spot representing the second discal stigma, edged anteriorly by a small roundish ochreous-whitish spot. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the apex.[3]

References

  1. "Atrichozancla". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 17 (4): 285


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