Microcolona autotypa is a moth in the family Elachistidae.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]
| Microcolona autotypa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Microcolona |
| Species: | M. autotypa
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| Binomial name | |
| Microcolona autotypa Meyrick, 1922
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The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are grey, the tips of the scales minutely ochreous-whitish, forming a very fine transverse striation and a tuft beneath the fold at one-fourth. The stigmata is blackish, accompanied by tufts. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona autotypa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ Microcolona at funet
- ^ Exotic Microlep. 2 (18): 575
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