Lethata amazona

Lethata amazona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Lethata
Species:	L. amazona
Binomial name
Lethata amazona Duckworth, 1967

Lethata amazona is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).^[1]

The wingspan is about 38 mm. The forewings are rosy tan with the costa narrowly deep ochreous and the dorsal edge brown. There is a white suffusion from the middle of the base, blending outward and upward with the ground color. A spot is found at the end of the cell, composed of a ring of white enclosing a brown transverse line. There is also a spot in the fold at the basal one-third, composed of a ring of white enclosing a brown spot. A median spot at the basal one-third is white with faint brown scaling in the center. The entire wing is sprinkled with occasional brown scales. The hindwings are yellow ochreous, deepening toward the apex.^[2]

References

1. Lethata at funet
2. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 122 (3585) : 19