Microcolona epixutha

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Microcolona epixutha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Microcolona
Species:
M. epixutha
Binomial name
Microcolona epixutha
Meyrick, 1897

Microcolona epixutha is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

The wingspan is 6–8 mm. The forewings are reddish-ochreous, irregularly mixed with whitish, irrorated on the margins and sometimes also towards the middle of the disc with dark fuscous. There is a black basal median dot and the stigmata is raised and black. There is dark fuscous costal suffusion towards two-thirds. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]

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  3. ^ Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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