Cerconota lysalges

Cerconota lysalges is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1913. It is found in Panama.[1]

Cerconota lysalges
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Cerconota
Species:
C. lysalges
Binomial name
Cerconota lysalges
(Walsingham, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Gonioterma lysalges Walsingham, 1913

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are pale testaceous, with a slight tawny gloss, a small brown costal spot on the summit of the arched portion of the wing followed by a larger spot of the same colour on the middle of the costa where the margin is most depressed. The hindwings are brownish testaceous.[2]

References
  1. Cerconota at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 190


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