Cophomantella crypsizyga

Cophomantella crypsizyga is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is known from Malawi.[1][2]

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

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.[3]

References

edit
  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.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.