Cerconota dimorpha

Cerconota dimorpha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1962. It is found in Ecuador.[1]

Cerconota dimorpha
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C. dimorpha
Binomial name
Cerconota dimorpha
Duckworth, 1962

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The forewings of the males are ocherous to argillaceous shaded with brown, with a large, dorsal area of black scales at the inner angle. The base of the costa is narrowly dark brown with three triangular dark brown costal spots, one at the basal third, one near the middle, and one at the apical fourth. From the apex of the latter extends an ill-defined, slender, lunate line to the tornus and from the outer corner of this costal spot a row of dark brown dots extends from the apex along the termen to the tornus. The costa, except the spots, is edged with ocherous and there is a brown dot at the end of the cell. In females, the forewings are ocherous heavily shaded with brown, with three costal spots, the basal one indistinct, small, others larger, more sharply defined. From the apical costal spot extend two outwardly curving, indistinct parallel, dark, transverse lines to the tornus and from the middle costal spot extends an outwardly curving, indistinct, transverse line. The costa is narrowly dark brown basally, edged with ocherous beyond, except the spots and there is a small faint dot at the end of the cell. The hindwings are grey with a whitish costal margin in both sexes.

The larvae feed on Theobroma cacao.[2]

References

  1. Cerconota at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 64 (1): 39


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