Microcolona_ponophora

<i>Microcolona ponophora</i>

Microcolona ponophora

Species of moth

Microcolona ponophora is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

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The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are brown, irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous. There is a broad whitish patch extending along the basal two-thirds of the dorsum and a small whitish spot on the middle of the dorsum and another before the tornus, separated by dark fuscous suffusion. The discal stigmata is black, raised and partially whitish edged, first in middle, second at three-fourths. There is a small ochreous-whitish oblique-triangular spot on the costa before two-thirds, preceded and followed by patches of dark fuscous suffusion. There are two or three black dots longitudinally placed towards the apex. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona ponophora​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. [2]
    Savela, Markku, ed. (29 December 2018). "Microcolona ponophora Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. [3]
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22 (2): 375. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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