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Gonionota teganitis

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Gonionota teganitis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonionota
Species:
G. teganitis
Binomial name
Gonionota teganitis
Meyrick, 1909

Gonionota teganitis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are dark reddish brown with the costal edge dull reddish on the basal two-fifths and a very small carmine-white mark on the costa at two-fifths, the extreme costal edge between this and the sinuation dark fuscous. There is a wedge-shaped white spot on the costal sinuation, edged anteriorly with carmine red. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Gonionota Zeller, 1877" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1909 (1): 26 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.