Microcolona trigonospila

Microcolona trigonospila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Microcolona
Species: M. trigonospila
Binomial name
Microcolona trigonospila
Meyrick, 1897

Microcolona trigonospila is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Victoria.[2]

The wingspan is 8-10 mm. The forewings are light reddish-ochreous, the margins suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous. The stigmata is raised, black and edged with whitish-ochreous. The first discal is somewhat before the middle, the second at three-fourth and the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]

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