''Kalocyrma oxygonia'' is a

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in the family

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. It was described by Chun-Sheng Wu and Kyu-Tek Park in 1999. It is found in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. The

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is about 9 mm. The forewings are ochreous with the costal margin brown and a brownish pattern. The cell dot is well defined and there are two discocellular spots, one near the inner margin. The hindwings are light grey.

Etymology

The species name is derived from Greek ''oxys'' (meaning sharp)., 1999: Taxonomic review of the ''Lecithoceridae'' (Lepidoptera) in Sri Lanka VI. The subfamily Lecithocerinae: Genera ''Alciphanes'' and others. ''Insecta Koreana'' 16 (2): 131-142.

References

Moths described in 1999 Kalocyrma {{Lecithocerinae-stub