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Microcolona sollennis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Elachistidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Microcolona

Microcolona sollennis is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.

The wingspan is 8-12 mm. The forewings are fuscous, irrorated with dark fuscous, with a few irregular whitish scales and a blackish basal median dot. The stigmata is rather large, raised, black and partially whitish-edged. The first discal before the middle, the second at three-fourths and the plical is large, somewhat obliquely before the first discal. There is a small black dot beneath the second discal. The hindwings are fuscous.

References

Microcolona sollennis Wikipedia