Gonionota constellata

Gonionota constellata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Colombia.[1]

Gonionota constellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonionota
Species:
G. constellata
Binomial name
Gonionota constellata
(Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Coptotelia constellata Meyrick, 1912

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are brown irregularly mixed with dark fuscous and with a small pale yellow spot in the middle of the base, and one on the costa near the base. The first discal stigma is minute, yellow, the second white, with some yellow scales and small marks round it and a small yellow spot beyond it. There are small yellow spots on the costa at two-fifths and three-fourths, one at the apex, and some scattered scales or small marks towards the costa posteriorly. There is also a terminal fascia of dark fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References

  1. "Gonionota Zeller, 1877" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1911 (4): 701 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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