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Homadaula coscinopa

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Homadaula coscinopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Galacticidae
Genus: Homadaula
Species:
H. coscinopa
Binomial name
Homadaula coscinopa
Lower, 1900

Homadaula coscinopa is a moth in the family Galacticidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1900.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are whitish, irrorated (speckled) with small black spots, more or less arranged in transverse series, becoming more dense on the margins, leaving a basal patch of ground colour much whiter. There is an obscure elongate, somewhat cuneiform (wedge-shaped) spot of black, from the costa to the apex, reaching more than half across wing. The hindwings are fuscous, somewhat bronzy.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ^ Lower, Oswald B. (August 8, 1900). "Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 25 (97): 29–51 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.