Anadasmus leontodes

Anadasmus leontodes is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Suriname.[1]

Anadasmus leontodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Anadasmus
Species:
A. leontodes
Binomial name
Anadasmus leontodes
(Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Gonioterma leontodes Meyrick, 1915

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are reddish-brown with the plical and second discal stigmata small and dark fuscous. There is some fuscous suffusion towards the dorsum about one-fourth and an undefined fascia of fuscous suffusion crossing the wing about two-thirds, strongly curved outwards in the disc. There is a curved subterminal series of fuscous dots. The hindwings are fuscous, with an apical patch of pale ochreous suffusion.[2]

References

  1. Anadasmus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (12): 384 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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