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Microcolona embolopis

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Microcolona embolopis is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous. There is a very small dark fuscous raised dot beneath the fold before one-third and the stigmata is very small, raised and black. There is a transverse raised black dot beneath the second discal and a sharply defined semi-oval dark fuscous blotch on the costa at two-thirds. The hindwings are grey.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0