Cerconota achatina

Cerconota achatina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cerconota
Species:	C. achatina
Binomial name
Cerconota achatina (Zeller, 1855)
Synonyms
Cryptolechia achatina Zeller, 1855 Stenoma lembifera Meyrick, 1915 Stenoma punicea Meyrick, 1916

Cerconota achatina is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Guyana and French Guiana.^[1]

The wingspan is 16-17 mm. The forewings are fuscous-purple with the costal edge ochreous-whitish on the anterior half and with a patch of darker fuscous-purple suffusion on the basal fourth of the dorsum, reaching half across the wing, the dorsal scale-projection suffused with ferruginous-brown. There is a very elongate-triangular dark reddish-fuscous patch extending along the costa from before the middle to near the apex, reaching one-fourth across the wing, edged beneath with pale ochreous. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the first discal adjoining the dorsal patch, the plical indistinct, the second discal forming a small transverse- oval spot, followed by a blotch of pale ochreous suffusion touching the costal patch and sending a dark fuscous shade edged by two indistinct pale ochreous lines to the dorsum before the tornus. There is also a fine dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous tinged with grey except towards the base and apex in males and dark grey in females.^[2]

References

1. Cerconota at funet
2. Description of Stenoma lembifera in Exot. Microlep. 1 (14): 440