Cophomantella crypsizyga is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is known from Malawi.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Cophomantella |
| Species: | C. crypsizyga
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| Cophomantella crypsizyga (Meyrick, 1914)
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The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark bluish-purple fuscous with obscure transverse blackish fasciae at two-fifths and from two-thirds of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, only visible in certain lights, the latter followed on the costa by a triangular whitish-ochreous spot. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the termen.[3]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (December 9, 2013). "Cophomantella crypsizyga (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Cophomantella crypsizyga (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (9): 278.
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