Gonionota rhacina
Gonionota rhacina is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Guatemala.[1]
| Gonionota rhacina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Gonionota |
| Species: | G. rhacina |
| Binomial name | |
| Gonionota rhacina Walsingham, 1912 | |
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are tawny reddish brown, with a reddish fawn patch at the base of the dorsum, extending to the upper edge of the cell as far as one-third from the base where it is narrowly produced to the costa, a group of separate blackish scales lying at its outer edge on the cell. Beyond, the middle the costa is deeply sinuate, the depressed portion narrowly white. The hindwings are reddish grey.[2]
References
- "Gonionota Zeller, 1877" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 130
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