Coleophora thiophaea

(Coleophora thiophaea)

Description

Coleophora thiophaea is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in south-eastern India (Dindigul, Tamil Nadu). The wingspan is about 11 mm. The head and thorax are whitish-ochreous. The palpi is ferruginous-yellowish or yellow-whitish. The antennae are stout, ochreous-whitish and the basal joint shortly rough-scaled anteriorly. The abdomen is whitish-ochreous. The forewings are light ochreous-yellow, although deeper and ferruginous-tinged posteriorly. There is an undefined elongate rather dark fuscous patch extending along the termen, suffused anteriorly with yellow-ferruginous. The hindwings are grey, tinged with pale ochreous towards the apex.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Coleophoridae
Genus:Coleophora
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