Gonionota oligarcha

Gonionota oligarcha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Peru.[1]

Gonionota oligarcha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonionota
Species:
G. oligarcha
Binomial name
Gonionota oligarcha
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Coptotelia oligarcha Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are pinkish brown, irregularly mixed with dark grey and with the costa narrowly suffused with ochreous yellowish except towards the base, the costal edge is fuscous towards the base, whitish posteriorly. The stigmata are blackish, the plical beyond the first discal, the second discal placed in a round rosy-pink spot. There is a curved row of small blackish-grey spots partly suffused and confluent near the termen, and a terminal series of cloudy blackish dots. The hindwings are dark 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 1913 (1): 178 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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