Gonionota aethoptera
| Gonionota aethoptera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Gonionota |
| Species: | G. aethoptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Gonionota aethoptera Clarke, 1971 | |
Gonionota aethoptera is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Clarke in 1971. It is found in Venezuela.[1]
The wingspan is 24-25 mm. The forewings are light cinnamon brown with scattered grey scales along the fold to the tornus and irregularly in the apical half;. The termen is narrowly blackish from vein 4 to the tornus and there is a small white spot at the apical third of the costa and at the basal third, in the cell, are two black spots. At the end of the cell is a conspicuous white spot and the dorsum has a conspicuous dark brown streak. The hindwings are light ocherous tawny overlaid with grey scales.[2]
References
- ↑ Gonionota at funet.fi.
- ↑ Smithson. Contr. Zool. 95
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