Cophomantella bifrenata
| Cophomantella bifrenata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Cophomantella |
| Species: | C. bifrenata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cophomantella bifrenata (Meyrick, 1921) | |
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Cophomantella bifrenata is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is known from South Africa and Tanzania.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous with a direct transverse whitish-ochreous streak at two-fifths, the posterior edge suffused especially on the upper half, and extended as a slender streak along the costa to beyond the middle. There is a cloudy whitish-ochreous line from a spot on the costa at three-fourths to the dorsum before the tornus, sinuate inwards above and outwards below the middle. The hindwings are pale greyish.[3]
References
- ↑ funet.fi
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 89 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
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