Microcolona

Microcolona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Subfamily:	Parametriotinae
Genus:	Microcolona Meyrick, 1897[1]
Type species
Microcolona characta Meyrick, 1897
Synonyms
Griphocosma T. B. Fletcher, 1929 (disputed)

Microcolona is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.

Taxonomy

The genus is mostly placed in the family Elachistidae, but other authors list it as a member of the families Agonoxenidae or Blastodacnidae.

Species

• Microcolona arizela Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona aurantiella Sinev, 1988
• Microcolona autotypa
• Microcolona celaenospila Turner, 1916
• Microcolona characta Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona cricota
• Microcolona crypsicasis Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona dorochares
• Microcolona embolopis Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona emporica
• Microcolona epixutha Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona eriptila
• Microcolona leptopis Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona leucochtha Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona leucosticta
• Microcolona limodes
• Microcolona nodata Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona omphalias
• Microcolona pantominia
• Microcolona phalarota
• Microcolona polygethes Turner, 1939
• Microcolona ponophora Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona porota
• Microcolona pycnitis
• Microcolona sollennis Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona spaniospila Turner, 1923
• Microcolona technographa
• Microcolona thymopis Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona toropis Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona transennata
• Microcolona trigonospila Meyrick, 1897
• Microcolona tumulifera

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Microcolona Meyrick, 1897". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 1, 2018.