Microcolona pycnitis
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| Species: | M. pycnitis
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| Microcolona pycnitis Meyrick, 1915
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Microcolona pycnitis is a moth in the Elachistidae family.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
The wingspan is 9-13 mm. The forewings are fuscous with large tufts above the dorsum at one-fourth and the middle of the wing, edged with whitish-ochreous or whitish. The discal stigmata is blackish edged with whitish-ochreous or whitish. There is an elongate dark fuscous mark on the costa at two-thirds, edged laterally with whitish-ochreous or whitish. There are three costal and one terminal cloudy dark fuscous dots towards the apex, partially pale-edged. The hindwings are grey.[3]