Microcolona porota
Appearance
Microcolona porota | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Microcolona |
Species: | M. porota
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Binomial name | |
Microcolona porota Meyrick, 1917
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Microcolona porota is a moth in the family Elachistidae.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]
The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are brown with a tuft of scales mixed with dark fuscous and blackish towards the dorsum at two-fifths and another in the disc at three-fourths. There is an indistinct spot of dark fuscous irroration towards the costa at two-thirds. There is an elongate mark of dark fuscous irroration on the costa at two-thirds. There are a few scattered blackish scales in the disc and towards the apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona porota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ Microcolona at funet
- ^ Exotic Microlep. 2 (2): 50
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