Capnolocha

Capnolocha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Xyloryctidae. Its only species, Capnolocha praenivalis, is found on New Guinea. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1925.^[1][2][3]

Capnolocha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Capnolocha Meyrick, 1925
Species:	C. praenivalis
Binomial name
Capnolocha praenivalis Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is 25–26 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, in males bronzy tinged and in females with a suffused white apical spot. The hindwings are grey.^[4]