Cophomantella furnaria

Cophomantella furnaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Cophomantella
Species:	C. furnaria
Binomial name
	Cophomantella furnaria; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Lecithocera furnaria Meyrick, 1913; Lecithocera jurnaria;

Cophomantella furnaria is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a whitish-ochreous antemedian fascia, straight and sharply defined anteriorly, broadly suffused posteriorly, followed by a blackish-fuscous discal dot. The posterior area is lighter and somewhat sprinkled with whitish ochreous, with a whitish-ochreous line running from the costa about three-fourths to the dorsum before the tornus, angulated inwards above the middle and outwards in the middle, well-defined anteriorly but more or less suffused posteriorly, forming a spot or patch on the costa. The hindwings are whitish ochreous, more or less infuscated (darkened) towards the apex.[3]

References

Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella furnaria (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella furnaria (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV Pterophoridae". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 294 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella furnaria (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella furnaria (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV Pterophoridae". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 294 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.