Coleophora centrota

Coleophora centrota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. centrota
Binomial name
Coleophora centrota
Meyrick, 1917[1]

Coleophora centrota is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in south-western India (Karnataka, Coorg plateau).

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The head, palpi, antennae and thorax are whitish-ochreous. The antennae are simple. The forewings are lanceolate and pale ochreous, slightly tinged with grey posteriorly. The second discal stigma is rather large and blackish. The hindwings and cilia are whitish-grey-ochreous.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae
  2. ↑ A Taxonomic Review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) Of The Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka Described by Edward Meyrick
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