Microcolona pycnitis

Microcolona pycnitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Microcolona
Species: M. pycnitis
Binomial name
Microcolona pycnitis
Meyrick, 1915

Microcolona pycnitis is a moth in the Elachistidae family.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

The wingspan is 9-13 mm. The forewings are fuscous with large tufts above the dorsum at one-fourth and the middle of the wing, edged with whitish-ochreous or whitish. The discal stigmata is blackish edged with whitish-ochreous or whitish. There is an elongate dark fuscous mark on the costa at two-thirds, edged laterally with whitish-ochreous or whitish. There are three costal and one terminal cloudy dark fuscous dots towards the apex, partially pale-edged. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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