Megalophota leonella

Megalophota leonella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Megalophota[1]
Hampson, 1918
Species: M. leonella
Binomial name
Megalophota leonella
Hampson, 1918

Megalophota leonella is a species of snout moth, and the only species in the genus Megalophota. It was described by Hampson in 1918. It is found in Sierra Leone.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are ochreous white irrorated with brown, the costal area slightly irrorated to near the apex. The hindwings are ochreous white.[3]

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