Gonionota tenebralis explained

Gonionota tenebralis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1906. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are fuscous, overlaid and suffused reddish brown and from the basal third of the costa an all-defined olive-buff fascia extends to the fold then continues to the tornus. From the apex to vein 2, an ill-defined olive-buff transverse fascia is found. The hindwings are sepia.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Gonionota tenebralis (Hampson, 1906) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 14, 2019.
  2. Clarke . J. F. Gates . 1971 . Neotropical Microlepidoptera XIX: Notes on and New Species of Oecophoridae (Lepidoptera) . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 95. 1–39 . 10.5479/si.00810282.95 .