Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Coleophoridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Coleophora | |
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.
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