Cophomantella furnaria

Cophomantella furnaria is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from South Africa.[1][2]

Cophomantella furnaria
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C. furnaria
Binomial name
Cophomantella furnaria
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera furnaria Meyrick, 1913
  • Lecithocera jurnaria

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a whitish-ochreous antemedian fascia, straight and sharply defined anteriorly, broadly suffused posteriorly, followed by a blackish-fuscous discal dot. The posterior area is lighter and somewhat sprinkled with whitish ochreous, with a whitish-ochreous line running from the costa about three-fourths to the dorsum before the tornus, angulated inwards above the middle and outwards in the middle, well-defined anteriorly but more or less suffused posteriorly, forming a spot or patch on the costa. The hindwings are whitish ochreous, more or less infuscated (darkened) towards the apex.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella furnaria (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella furnaria (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV Pterophoridae". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 294 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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