Coproptilia glebicolorella

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Coproptilia glebicolorella is a species of moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1903 and is found on Sumatra and western Java.

The moth has a wingspan of 16–25 mm. Its forewings are clay brown with slightly lighter veins and faint blackish-brown streaks in the base cells. The hindwings are greyer than the forewings in the inner half and become the same colour as the forewings toward the outer part.

Taxonomy:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Family: Lecithoceridae
- Genus: Coproptilia
- Species: glebicolorella
- Binomial name: Coproptilia glebicolorella (Snellen, 1903)