Microcolona crypsicasis

Microcolona crypsicasis is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Tasmania.[2]

Microcolona crypsicasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Elachistidae
Genus:
Microcolona
Species:
M. crypsicasis
Binomial name
Microcolona crypsicasis
Meyrick, 1897

The wingspan is 7–10 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. There is a raised black dot on the fold at one-sixth and another beneath the fold at one-third. A third is found in the disc slightly above the middle and a fourth beneath the fold obliquely beyond the third, almost dorsal, and two transversely placed close together above the tornus. There is a cloudy fuscous spot on the costa before two-thirds and two black dots longitudinally placed at the apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona crypsicasis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (29 December 2018). "Microcolona crypsicasis Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. "Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae".


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