Cophomantella cubiculata explained

Cophomantella cubiculata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is known from the Seychelles (Silhouette).[1] [2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a dark fuscous basal patch occupying two-fifths of the wing, edged by an irregularly sinuate cloudy line of whitish-ochreous suffusion. The second discal stigma is well marked, transverse and dark fuscous and there is a small whitish spot on the costa at four-fifths, where an irregularly sinuate cloudy whitish-ochreous line runs to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . December 9, 2013 . Cophomantella cubiculata (Meyrick, 1911) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 23, 2020.
  2. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2019 . Cophomantella cubiculata (Meyrick, 1911) . Afromoths . August 23, 2020.
  3. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofli214linn#page/273/mode/1up Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2) 14: 273