Microcolona pantominia

Microcolona pantominia is a moth in the family Elachistidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1917.[1] It is found in the Central African Republic and South Africa.[2]

Microcolona pantominia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Microcolona
Species:
M. pantominia
Binomial name
Microcolona pantominia
Meyrick, 1917

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are ochreous brown with a pale yellow basal fascia with a dark fuscous costal edge. There are four roundish pale yellow spots containing tufts and there are dark fuscous spots on the costa at two-thirds and the dorsum before the tornus, each preceded by a pale yellow spot. There is an irregular pale yellow mark before the apex. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

The larvae feed on Terminalia sericea.

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 pantominia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Microcolona pantomima Meyrick, 1917". Afromoths. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1917). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (2): 50.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.