Coleophora statherota

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

Coleophora statherota is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in the central mountainous area of Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 18-20 mm. The head is whitish-ochreous, although the sides of the crown are whitish. The palpi is grey, although it is white towards the base beneath. The antennae are whitish, faintly and suffusedly ringed with fuscous. The basal joint is shortly rough-scaled anteriorly. The thorax is white and the abdomen is whitish-grey. The forewings are fuscous, suffusedly streaked with dark fuscous between the veins. There is a narrow white costal streak running from the base to near the apex. The veins are more or less marked with ill-defined irregular white lines. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. ^ Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae
  2. ^ A Taxonomic Review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) Of The Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka Described by Edward Meyrick
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