Microcolona leucosticta
| Microcolona leucosticta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Microcolona |
| Species: | M. leucosticta
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| Binomial name | |
| Microcolona leucosticta Meyrick, 1928
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Microcolona leucosticta is a moth in the family Elachistidae.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]
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[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Microcolona at funet
- ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (13): 391
Categories:
- Moths described in 1928
- Microcolona
- Moths of Asia
- Elachistidae stubs