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Comocritis enneora

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Comocritis enneora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Comocritis
Species:
C. enneora
Binomial name
Comocritis enneora
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Aetherastis enneora Meyrick, 1914

Comocritis enneora is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are silvery white with nine small roundish dark leaden-grey spots: one almost basal beneath the costa, one in the disc towards the base, one towards the costa before one-third, one on the fold beneath this, one elongate in the disc before the middle, one above the middle of the disc, one on the fold beyond the middle, one towards the costa before two-thirds, and one in the disc beyond this. The hindwings are grey whitish.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (December 15, 2013). "Comocritis enneora Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part XVIII". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 23 (1): 130. Retrieved 16 June 2020 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.