Microcolona polygethes

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

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

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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