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Coleophora statherota

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Coleophoridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Coleophora

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

The wingspan is 18–20 millimetres (0.71–0.79 in). 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.

References

Coleophora statherota Wikipedia