Cophomantella homogramma

Cophomantella homogramma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is known from South Africa.[1][2]

Cophomantella homogramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Cophomantella
Species:
C. homogramma
Binomial name
Cophomantella homogramma
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Onebala homogramma Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous with a somewhat irregular straight transverse whitish-ochreous line at two-fifths, somewhat expanded on the costa. There is a small whitish-ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths, where a fine somewhat curved line of scattered whitish-ochreous scales runs to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella homogramma (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella homogramma (Meyrick, 1918)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 25 – via Sabinet.


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