Cophomantella cubiculata

Cophomantella cubiculata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is known from the Seychelles (Silhouette).[1][2]

Cophomantella cubiculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Cophomantella
Species:
C. cubiculata
Binomial name
Cophomantella cubiculata
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Onebala cubiculata Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a dark fuscous basal patch occupying two-fifths of the wing, edged by an irregularly sinuate cloudy line of whitish-ochreous suffusion. The second discal stigma is well marked, transverse and dark fuscous and there is a small whitish spot on the costa at four-fifths, where an irregularly sinuate cloudy whitish-ochreous line runs to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella cubiculata (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella cubiculata (Meyrick, 1911)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2) 14: 273


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