Cophomantella cubiculata

Cophomantella cubiculata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is known from the Seychelles (Silhouette).[1][2]

Cophomantella cubiculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Cophomantella
Species:
C. cubiculata
Binomial name
Cophomantella cubiculata
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Onebala cubiculata Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a dark fuscous basal patch occupying two-fifths of the wing, edged by an irregularly sinuate cloudy line of whitish-ochreous suffusion. The second discal stigma is well marked, transverse and dark fuscous and there is a small whitish spot on the costa at four-fifths, where an irregularly sinuate cloudy whitish-ochreous line runs to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella cubiculata (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella cubiculata (Meyrick, 1911)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. ^ Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2) 14: 273   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.