Coleophora crypsiphanes

Coleophora crypsiphanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. crypsiphanes
Binomial name
Coleophora crypsiphanes
Meyrick, 1917

Coleophora crypsiphanes is a moth of the Coleophoridae family that is endemic to Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 10 millimetres (0.39 in) for males and 14–16 millimetres (0.55–0.63 in) for females. The head and thorax are glossy whitish-grey or grey-whitish. The palpi and antennae are simple and grey-whitish. The abdomen is whitish-grey and the forewings are greyish-ochreous with a strong silvery reflection irrorated with dark grey, especially towards the costa and posteriorly. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References

  1. Giorgio Baldizzone; Hugo van der Wolf; Jean-François Landry (2006). World Catalogue of Insects. 8. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. p. 46. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.
  2. Giorgio Baldizzone & Hugo van der Wolf. "A Taxonomic Review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) Of The Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka Described by Edward Meyrick" (PDF). Asti, Italy & Nuenen, The Netherlands.
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