Gonionota citronota

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Gonionota citronota
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G. citronota
Binomial name
Gonionota citronota
(Meyrick, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Hypercallia citronota Meyrick, 1932

Gonionota citronota is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is found in Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are whitish-fuscous irrorated dark fuscous, suffused ferruginous except towards the dorsum and termen. The extreme costal edge is rosy and there is a suffused yellow spot along the dorsum near the base, as well as a small wedge-shaped yellow spot along the costa at two-thirds, the costal edge whitish. The hindwings are grey whitish, the apex slightly suffused light grey, the terminal edge grey on the upper half.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gonionota Zeller, 1877" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (8-9): 279


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