Cophomantella crypsizyga

(Cophomantella crypsizyga)

Description

Cophomantella crypsizyga is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is known from Malawi. The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark bluish-purple-fuscous with obscure transverse blackish fasciae at two-fifths and from two-thirds of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, only visible in certain lights, the latter followed on the costa by a triangular whitish-ochreous spot. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the termen.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Oecophoridae
Genus:Cophomantella
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