Microcolona pantominia is a moth in the family Elachistidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1917.[1] It is found in the Central African Republic and South Africa.[2]
| Microcolona pantominia | |
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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. pantominia
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| Binomial name | |
| Microcolona pantominia Meyrick, 1917
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The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are ochreous brown with a pale yellow basal fascia with a dark fuscous costal edge. There are four roundish pale yellow spots containing tufts and there are dark fuscous spots on the costa at two-thirds and the dorsum before the tornus, each preceded by a pale yellow spot. There is an irregular pale yellow mark before the apex. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]
The larvae feed on Terminalia sericea.
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona pantominia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Microcolona pantomima Meyrick, 1917". Afromoths. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1917). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (2): 50.
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