Capnolocha

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| taxon = Capnolocha praenivalis

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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.{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=5019.0 |title=Capnolocha Meyrick, 1925 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=August 19, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://insecta.pro/taxonomy/663361 |title=Genus Capnolocha |website=Insecta.pro |access-date=August 19, 2020}}{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=February 16, 2015 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/xyloryctidae/capnolocha/ |title=Capnolocha Meyrick, 1925 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 19, 2020}}

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.[https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid03meyr#page/152/mode/1up Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 152.]{{PD-notice}}