Microcolona emporica

Microcolona emporica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Microcolona
Species:	M. emporica
Binomial name
	Microcolona emporica; Meyrick, 1917

Microcolona emporica is a moth in the family Elachistidae.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.^[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous, somewhat sprinkled irregularly with blackish. There is a patch of blackish suffusion extending along the costa from the base to two-thirds. 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 emporica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
^ Microcolona at funet
^ Exotic Microlep. 2 (2): 50

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

[2] Microcolona at funet

[3] Exotic Microlep. 2 (2): 50

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