Coleophora ogmotona

Coleophora ogmotona
Coleophora ogmotona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. ogmotona
Binomial name
Coleophora ogmotona
Meyrick, 1917[1]

Coleophora ogmotona is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Sri Lanka (western region, Puttalam) and south-western India (Dharwar plateau).

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The head and palpi are fuscous-whitish. The antennae are stout towards the base and grey obscurely ringed with whitish. The thorax is fuscous, with four whitish longitudinal lines. The abdomen is grey. The forewings are elongate-lanceolate and fuscous, obscurely darker-sprinkled. The veins are marked by slender whitish lines. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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