Gonaepa heliarcha

Gonaepa heliarcha is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

Gonaepa heliarcha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gonaepa
Species:
G. heliarcha
Binomial name
Gonaepa heliarcha
(Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Crocanthes heliarcha Meyrick, 1886

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are bright orange, with purplish black markings and a large basal patch, extending on the costa to two-thirds and on the inner margin to two-fifths, the outer edge is irregular, tolerably straight, with a small transverse spot in the middle of the disc. There is a hind marginal patch, bounded by a sinuate line from four-fifths of the costa to the anal angle. The hindwings are bright orange, with purplish-black markings. There is a short line along the costa beyond the middle, a crescentic inwards-curved spot in the disc beyond the middle and a narrow hind marginal band, somewhat dilated at the apex, with a small irregular prominence at three-fourths.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (September 2, 2018). "Gonaepa heliarcha (Meyrick, 1886)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1886 (3): 278. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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