Coleophora aphrocrossa

Coleophora aphrocrossa is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Gulmarg, in western Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Coleophora aphrocrossa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. aphrocrossa
Binomial name
Coleophora aphrocrossa
Meyrick, 1933[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The head is light greyish, although the crown is fuscous except the sides. The palpi are white. The antennae are white ringed dark fuscous and the thorax is grey. The forewings are also grey, although the costal edge is ochreous-white from near the base to the apex. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References
  1. Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. A Taxonomic Review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) Of The Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka Described by Edward Meyrick


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