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Microcolona phalarota

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Microcolona phalarota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Microcolona
Species:
M. phalarota
Binomial name
Microcolona phalarota
Meyrick, 1915

Microcolona phalarota is a moth in the family Elachistidae.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are ochreous-brown with a narrow costal and median and broader dorsal streaks and the entire apical third of the wing dark grey, irrorated with blackish. There is an irregular ochreous-white blotch along the dorsum from the base to one-fourth of the wing, terminated by a large blackish tuft. There is a rounded ochreous-white blotch resting on the costa before the middle, containing an elongate black first discal stigma. There are leaden-metallic spots on the tornus and the middle of the termen, as well as a blackish-grey tuft in the disc between these. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Microcolona phalarota​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Microcolona at funet
  3. ^ Exot. Microlep. 1 (11): 334 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.