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Microcolona

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyElachistidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
Family
Elachistidae
Collections
SAM, USNM
Recorded in
Zimbabwe

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Agonoxenidae
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Category:Microcolona
taxon name
Microcolona
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Microcolona
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Encyclopedic overview

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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.

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