Hastamea argentidorsella

Hastamea argentidorsella is a moth in the family Depressariidae, and the only species in the genus Hastamea. It was described by August Busck in 1911 and is found in Brazil (Paraná).[1]

Hastamea argentidorsella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Hastamea

Busck, 1940
Species:
H. argentidorsella
Binomial name
Hastamea argentidorsella
(Busck, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Hasta Busck, 1911 (preocc. Kirkaldy, 1906)
  • Hasta argentidorsella Busck, 1911

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are light yellowish brown, lightest along the costa. The dorsum, from the base nearly to the tornus, is silvery white, this colour reaching up beyond the fold in an ill-defined triangle just beyond the middle of the wing. This dorsal white is broken by a dark brown spot, reaching from the upper dark part of the wing to the dorsal edge before the middle of the wing, and by a group of deep blackish brown scales at the apical third. The hindwings are light yellowish fuscous.[2]

References
  1. Hastamea argentidorsella at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 40 (1815): 210 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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