Gonionota teganitis

Gonionota teganitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonionota
Species: G. teganitis
Binomial name
Gonionota teganitis
Meyrick, 1909

Gonionota teganitis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 17-18 mm. The forewings are dark reddish-brown with the costal edge dull reddish on the basal two-fifths and a very small carmine-white mark on the costa at two-fifths, the extreme costal edge between this and the sinuation dark fuscous. There is a wedge-shaped white spot on the costal sinuation, edged anteriorly with carmine-red. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

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