Cophomantella cubiculata
Cophomantella cubiculata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is known from the Seychelles (Silhouette).[1][2]
| Cophomantella cubiculata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Cophomantella |
| Species: | C. cubiculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cophomantella cubiculata (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a dark fuscous basal patch occupying two-fifths of the wing, edged by an irregularly sinuate cloudy line of whitish-ochreous suffusion. The second discal stigma is well marked, transverse and dark fuscous and there is a small whitish spot on the costa at four-fifths, where an irregularly sinuate cloudy whitish-ochreous line runs to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
- Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella cubiculata (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella cubiculata (Meyrick, 1911)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2) 14: 273
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