Coleophora leucochares

Coleophora leucochares
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. leucochares
Binomial name
Coleophora leucochares
Meyrick, 1922

Coleophora leucochares is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in north-eastern India (Assam, Shillong).[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The head, palpi, antennae and thorax are white. The forewings are narrow, acute-pointed and shining white. The cilia is white. The hindwings are pale grey and the cilia is grey-whitish.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae
  2. ↑ A Taxonomic Review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) Of The Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka Described by Edward Meyrick
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