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Gonionota teganitis

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Species of moth

Gonionota teganitis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonionota
Species: G. teganitis
Binomial name
Gonionota teganitis
Meyrick, 1909

Gonionota teganitis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Peru.

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are dark reddish brown with the costal edge dull reddish on the basal two-fifths and a very small carmine-white mark on the costa at two-fifths, the extreme costal edge between this and the sinuation dark fuscous. There is a wedge-shaped white spot on the costal sinuation, edged anteriorly with carmine red. The hindwings are dark fuscous.

References

  1. "Gonionota Zeller, 1877" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1909 (1): 26 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Gonionota teganitis


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