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Gonionota acrocosma

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Gonionota acrocosma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonionota
Species:
G. acrocosma
Binomial name
Gonionota acrocosma
(Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Coptotelia acrocosma Meyrick, 1912

Gonionota acrocosma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Colombia.[1]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are deep purplish brown with the basal third lighter brown, the outer edge straight, inwardly oblique, the costal edge pinkish. The dorsum beyond this is darker suffused and the first discal stigma is represented by a few white scales, the second by a few dark fuscous and whitish. The costal edge towards the middle is dark fuscous, posteriorly suffused with ferruginous yellow tipped with rose pink. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Gonionota Zeller, 1877" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1911 (4): 702 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.