Coleophora percnoceros

Coleophora percnoceros is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in the Kashmir region of what was British India.[1]

Coleophora percnoceros
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. percnoceros
Binomial name
Coleophora percnoceros
Meyrick, 1933

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The head and thorax are light grey slightly mixed with white. The palpi are without projection, grey and internally white. The antennae are dark grey. The forewings are light ash-grey, although the costal edge is suffused whitish from the base to beyond the middle. The veins are indicated by faint streaks of whitish suffusion. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References
  1. Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. A Taxonomic Review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) Of The Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka Described by Edward Meyrick


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