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Cophomantella
''Cophomantella'' is a genus of moths in the family Lecithoceridae The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of th ... described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940. The name of this genus is a replacement name for ''Cophomantis'' Meyrick.Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge (1940)"New generic names for microlepidoptera" ''The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation''. 52 (2): 17-1. Species *'' Cophomantella alphanozoma'' (Meyrick, 1926) (Sierra Leone and Uganda) *'' Cophomantella artonoma'' (Meyrick, 1936) (from Congo) *'' Cophomantella bifrenata'' (Meyrick, 1921) (South Africa and Tanzania) *'' Cophomantella bythota'' (Meyrick, 1916) (Ghana) *'' Cophomantella crypsizyga'' (Meyrick, 1914) (from Malawi) *'' Cophomantella cubiculata'' (Meyrick, 1911) (Seychelles) *'' Cophomantella cyclo ...
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Cophomantella
''Cophomantella'' is a genus of moths in the family Lecithoceridae The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of th ... described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940. The name of this genus is a replacement name for ''Cophomantis'' Meyrick.Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge (1940)"New generic names for microlepidoptera" ''The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation''. 52 (2): 17-1. Species *'' Cophomantella alphanozoma'' (Meyrick, 1926) (Sierra Leone and Uganda) *'' Cophomantella artonoma'' (Meyrick, 1936) (from Congo) *'' Cophomantella bifrenata'' (Meyrick, 1921) (South Africa and Tanzania) *'' Cophomantella bythota'' (Meyrick, 1916) (Ghana) *'' Cophomantella crypsizyga'' (Meyrick, 1914) (from Malawi) *'' Cophomantella cubiculata'' (Meyrick, 1911) (Seychelles) *'' Cophomantella cyclo ...
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Cophomantella Furnaria
''Cophomantella furnaria'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from South Africa. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... 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 ochreo ...
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Cophomantella Lychnocentra
''Cophomantella lychnocentra'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory and Queensland. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is about . The forewings are dark purplish-bronzy fuscous with a transverse-oval spot of dark brown suffusion at two-fifths and a smaller transverse yellow-ochreous discal spot at two-thirds, edged with dark suffusion. The hindwings are rather dark bronzy fuscous. References Moths described in 1904 Cophomantella Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Lecithoceridae-stub ...
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Cophomantella Syngonarcha
''Cophomantella syngonarcha'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is known from Uganda. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is about 28 mm. The forewings are dark violet fuscous with a faint ochreous-whitish dot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey. References Moths described in 1926 Cophomantella Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Lecithoceridae-stub ...
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Cophomantella Alphanozoma
''Cophomantella alphanozoma'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is known from Sierra Leone and Uganda. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is 15–16 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-slaty fuscous with undefined slightly oblique fasciae of blackish suffusion about one-third and two-thirds, disappearing in oblique lights, the second followed by an ochreous-whitish spot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are rather dark grey. References Moths described in 1926 Cophomantella Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Lecithoceridae-stub ...
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Cophomantella Artonoma
''Cophomantella artonoma'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1936. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in .... References Moths described in 1936 Cophomantella Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Lecithoceridae-stub ...
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Cophomantella Bifrenata
''Cophomantella bifrenata'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is known from South Africa and Tanzania. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark purple fuscous with a direct transverse whitish-ochreous streak at two-fifths, the posterior edge suffused especially on the upper half, and extended as a slender streak along the costa to beyond the middle. There is a cloudy whitish-ochreous line from a spot on the costa at three-fourths to the dorsum before the tornus, sinuate inwards above and outwards below the middle. The hindwings are pale greyish. References Moths described in 1921 Cophomantella Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Lecithoceridae-stub ...
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Cophomantella Bythota
''Cophomantella bythota'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is known from Ghana. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is about 18 mm. The forewings are deep bronzy purple and the hindwings are dark fuscous.''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 1 (18): 576.


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Cophomantella Crypsizyga
''Cophomantella crypsizyga'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is known from Malawi. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... 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.''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 1 (9): 278.


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Cophomantella Cubiculata
''Cophomantella cubiculata'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is known from the Seychelles (Silhouette). The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... 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.
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Cophomantella Cyclopodes
''Cophomantella cyclopodes'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is known to exist in Tanzania. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is about . The forewings are dark purplish fuscous with a large rounded-transverse pale ochreous spot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey.''Entomologische Mitteilungen''. 11 (2): 44.


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Cophomantella Homogramma
''Cophomantella homogramma'' is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is known from South Africa. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ... is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous with a somewhat irregular straight transverse whitish-ochreous line at two-fifths, somewhat expanded on the costa. There is a small whitish-ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths, where a fine somewhat curved line of scattered whitish-ochreous scales runs to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are grey. References Endemic moths of South Africa Moths described in 1918 Cophomantella Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Lecithoceridae-stub ...
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