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Cophomantella crypsizyga

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Species of moth

Cophomantella crypsizyga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Cophomantella
Species: C. crypsizyga
Binomial name
Cophomantella crypsizyga
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Onebala crypsizyga Meyrick, 1914

Cophomantella crypsizyga is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is known from Malawi.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark bluish-purple fuscous with obscure transverse blackish fasciae at two-fifths and from two-thirds of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, only visible in certain lights, the latter followed on the costa by a triangular whitish-ochreous spot. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the termen.

References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella crypsizyga (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella crypsizyga (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (9): 278. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Cophomantella crypsizyga
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