Cophomantella crypsizyga

Cophomantella crypsizyga is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is known from Malawi.[1][2]

Cophomantella crypsizyga
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C. crypsizyga
Binomial name
Cophomantella crypsizyga
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Onebala crypsizyga Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark bluish-purple-fuscous with obscure transverse blackish fasciae at two-fifths and from two-thirds of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, only visible in certain lights, the latter followed on the costa by a triangular whitish-ochreous spot. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the termen.[3]

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