Mothonica cubana

Mothonica cubana is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Cuba.^[1]

The wingspan is 14–19 mm. The forewings are white sprinkled with brown scales and with an indistinct brown triangular area on the costa at the basal one-third. There is a larger, more distinct brown triangular area on the costa at one-half and an outwardly curving transverse line from the costal two-thirds to the dorsum before the tornus, composed of a series of fuscous dashes. There is also a series of terminal fuscous dots from the costal two-thirds to the tornus and a fuscous spot at the end of the cell, as well as a fuscous patch on the dorsum below the spot and a triangular fuscous patch on the dorsum at the anal angle. The hindwings are white.

The larvae bore the seeds of Copernicia glabrescens.^[2]

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