Gonionota tenebralis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1906. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Gonionota |
Species: | G. tenebralis
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Binomial name | |
Gonionota tenebralis (Hampson, 1906)
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The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are fuscous, overlaid and suffused reddish brown and from the basal third of the costa an all-defined olive-buff fascia extends to the fold then continues to the tornus. From the apex to vein 2, an ill-defined olive-buff transverse fascia is found. The hindwings are sepia.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Gonionota tenebralis (Hampson, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ Clarke, J. F. Gates (1971). "Neotropical Microlepidoptera XIX: Notes on and New Species of Oecophoridae (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (95): 1–39. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.95. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.