Microcolona_pantominia

<i>Microcolona pantominia</i>

Microcolona pantominia

Species of moth

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]

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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

  1. [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. [2]
    De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Microcolona pantomima Meyrick, 1917". Afromoths. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  3. [3]
    Meyrick, Edward (1917). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (2): 50. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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