Microcolona arizela

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

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

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are white with a small black plical tuft and a small blackish dorsal spot near the base. The costal edge is sometimes irrorated (sprinkled) with blackish. The stigmata is rather large, raised and black. There is a ferruginous-ochreous fascia from the costa, traversing the first discal stigma and terminating in a broader blackish dorsal suffusion. There is also a very oblique ferruginous-ochreous fascia from beyond the middle of the costa to the termen below the apex. The termen and posterior half of the costa are variably suffused with coarse black irroration. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona arizela". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
Savela, Markku, ed. (29 December 2018). "Microcolona arizela Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
"Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona arizela". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 May 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (29 December 2018). "Microcolona arizela Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

[3] "Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.