Microcolona nodata
| Microcolona nodata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Microcolona |
| Species: | M. nodata |
| Binomial name | |
| Microcolona nodata Meyrick, 1897 | |
Microcolona nodata is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales, Western Australia and Tasmania.[2]
The wingspan is 7-8 mm. The forewings are ochreous, mixed with white and sprinkled with dark fuscous, almost wholly suffused with white on the anterior half and sometimes throughout. There is a raised black dot on the fold at one-sixth and a larger one beneath the fold at one-third, a third in the disc before the middle, as well as a fourth beneath the fold obliquely beyond the third. There are two transversely placed close together or confluent above the tornus. There is sometimes a blackish costal dot beyond the middle and always a black apical dot and another obliquely above and before it. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[3]