Menesta astronoma explained

Menesta astronoma is a moth in the Depressariidae family found in Bolivia.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are very dark bronzy-fuscous with a streak of blue-metallic suffusion beneath the anterior half of the costa and a small round white spot in the disc at two-thirds, immediately beyond this a broad transverse fascia of violet-blue-metallic suffusion not quite reaching the costa and tornus. Two white specks are found on the costa above this. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a rather large transverse white discal spot in the middle, almost reaching the costa.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/stenomatinae/menesta/ Menesta
  2. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen1909roya#page/34/mode/1up Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1909 (1): 34