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Microcolona embolopis

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Microcolona embolopis
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M. embolopis
Binomial name
Microcolona embolopis
Meyrick, 1897

Microcolona embolopis is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous. There is a very small dark fuscous raised dot beneath the fold before one-third and the stigmata is very small, raised and black. There is a transverse raised black dot beneath the second discal and a sharply defined semi-oval dark fuscous blotch on the costa at two-thirds. 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 embolopis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (29 December 2018). "Microcolona embolopis Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae".