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Cophomantella lychnocentra

(Cophomantella lychnocentra)

Description

Cophomantella lychnocentra is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory and Queensland. The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous with a transverse-oval spot of dark brown suffusion at two-fifths and a smaller transverse yellow-ochreous discal spot at two-thirds, edged with dark suffusion. The hindwings are rather dark bronzy-fuscous.

Taxonomic tree:

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