Microcolona embolopis

Microcolona embolopis 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 Queensland.[2]

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

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous. There is a very small dark fuscous raised dot beneath the fold before one-third and the stigmata is very small, raised and black. There is a transverse raised black dot beneath the second discal and a sharply defined semi-oval dark fuscous blotch on the costa at two-thirds. 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 embolopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (29 December 2018). "Microcolona embolopis Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. "Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae".


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