Gonionota uberrima

Gonionota uberrima is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Peru.[1]

Gonionota uberrima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonionota
Species:
G. uberrima
Binomial name
Gonionota uberrima
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Hypercallia uberrima Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are ferruginous with a deep yellow blotch occupying the basal two-fifths, except the costal third, its outer edge convex and extended to the costa as a slender streak, a light ferruginous line crosses this blotch at one-fourth of the wing, terminating in its dorsal angle. There is a short oblique white strigula on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are coppery fulvous.[2]

References

  1. "Gonionota Zeller, 1877" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (6): 190 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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