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Coleophora centrota

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Coleophoridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Coleophora

Coleophora centrota is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Kodagu district of Karnataka, south-western India.

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The head, palpi, antennae and thorax are whitish-ochreous. The antennae are simple. The forewings are lanceolate and pale ochreous, slightly tinged with grey posteriorly. The second discal stigma is rather large and blackish. The hindwings and cilia are whitish-grey-ochreous.

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Coleophora centrota Wikipedia