Menesta astronoma

Menesta astronoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Menesta
Species:	M. astronoma
Binomial name
	Menesta astronoma; (Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
	Stenoma astronoma Meyrick, 1909;

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]

References[]

^ Menesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1909 (1): 34

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[1] Menesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

[2] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1909 (1): 34

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