Comocritis constellata

Comocritis constellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Comocritis
Species:	C. constellata
Binomial name
	Comocritis constellata; (Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
	Aetherastis constellata Meyrick, 1914;

Comocritis constellata is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is about 16 mm (0.63 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous with a basal group of five rather large blackish dots: one median near the base, one subdorsal near the base, one beneath the costa at one-fourth, one below this beneath the fold, and one in the disc slightly beyond these. The hindwings are pale ochreous grey.

References

↑ Savela, Markku (December 15, 2013). "Comocritis constellata (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
↑ Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part XVIII". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 23 (1): 129. Retrieved 16 June 2020 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku (December 15, 2013). "Comocritis constellata (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[2] Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part XVIII". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 23 (1): 129. Retrieved 16 June 2020 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.