Cophomantella lychnocentra

Cophomantella lychnocentra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Cophomantella
Species: C. lychnocentra
Binomial name
Cophomantella lychnocentra
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Styloceros lychnocentra Meyrick, 1904

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.[1][2]

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.[3]

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