Microcolona leucosticta

Microcolona leucosticta is a moth in the family Elachistidae.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]

Microcolona leucosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Elachistidae
Genus:
Microcolona
Species:
M. leucosticta
Binomial name
Microcolona leucosticta
Meyrick, 1928

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are light olive-fuscous, the costal and apical areas suffused dark grey and a white elongate blotch on the base of the dorsum. There is a dark grey median streak from the base to the end of the cell. The stigmata is raised and black and ringed with white. There is an elongate dark fuscous mark on the costa beyond the middle, preceded by an indistinct whitish dot and followed by a shorter white elongate mark. There is also a white dot on the termen towards the apex and one at the apex. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed within the fruit of Psidium species.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona leucosticta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. Microcolona at funet
  3. Exot. Microlep. 3 (13): 391


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