Cophomantella alphanozoma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is known from Sierra Leone and Uganda.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Cophomantella |
| Species: | C. alphanozoma
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| Cophomantella alphanozoma (Meyrick, 1926)
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The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-slaty fuscous with undefined slightly oblique fasciae of blackish suffusion about one-third and two-thirds, disappearing in oblique lights, the second followed by an ochreous-whitish spot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella alphanozoma (Meyrick, 1926)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella aphanozona (Meyrick, 1926)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (10): 290.
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