Microcolona characta

Microcolona characta is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1897. It is found in New Zealand and Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.^[1]

The wingspan is 9-11 mm. The forewings are ochreous-fuscous, more or less irrorated irregularly with dark fuscous, sometimes mixed with whitish towards the dorsum anteriorly, and towards the termen and costa posteriorly. Sometimes, there is a blackish costal mark near the base. There is a tuft of ochreous and black scales beneath the fold and a raised black white-edged elongate dot in the disc somewhat before the middle, as well as a blackish raised dot beneath the fold somewhat beyond this. There is also an irregular black, sometimes whitish-edged, raised dot in the disc and a blackish spot on the costa before this, preceded by a pale spot. There are two or three irregularly placed undefined dark fuscous spots towards the apex. The hindwings are fuscous.^[2]

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