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Mothonica cubana

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Mothonica cubana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Mothonica
Species:
M. cubana
Binomial name
Mothonica cubana
Duckworth, 1969

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]

References

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  1. ^ Mothonica at funet
  2. ^ Smithson. Contributions Zool. 4 : 8Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.