Microcolona thymopis

Microcolona thymopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Microcolona
Species:	M. thymopis
Binomial name
	Microcolona thymopis; Meyrick, 1897

Microcolona thymopis is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

The wingspan is 6–7 mm. The forewings are light ochreous, irregularly mixed with darker ochreous and whitish, the margins suffusedly irrorated with black. There is some black irroration on the fold towards the base and a blackish dorsal spot near the base. The stigmata is raised, black and partly white-edged. The first discal before the middle, sometimes followed immediately by a small irregular dark fuscous patch. The second is small and the plical is found obliquely before the first discal. There is a patch of blackish suffusion on the costa about two-thirds. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona thymopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
Microcolona at funet
Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 22 (2) : 375

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Microcolona thymopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.

[2] Microcolona at funet

[3] Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 22 (2) : 375