Cophomantella lychnocentra

Cophomantella lychnocentra is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory and Queensland.[1][2]

Cophomantella lychnocentra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Cophomantella
Species:
C. lychnocentra
Binomial name
Cophomantella lychnocentra
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Styloceros lychnocentra Meyrick, 1904

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are dark purplish-bronzy fuscous with a transverse-oval spot of dark brown suffusion at two-fifths and a smaller transverse yellow-ochreous discal spot at two-thirds, edged with dark suffusion. The hindwings are rather dark bronzy fuscous.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Savela, Markku (9 December 2013). "Cophomantella lychnocentra (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (27 August 2010). "Cophomantella lychnocentra (Meyrick, 1904)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 409 – via Internet Archive.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.