Doina edmondsii

Doina edmondsii is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. It is found in Chile.[1][2]

Doina edmondsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Doina
Species:
D. edmondsii
Binomial name
Doina edmondsii
(Butler, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria edmondsii Butler, 1883

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The wings are shining grey, darker towards the external area. The forewings are tinted with pink, the base black brown, with purplish reflections and a very irregular transverse brown band just before the middle. The costal border, from the commencement of this band to the apex, is spotted with blackish and there is an arched dusky submarginal band and a marginal series of black dots. The hindwings are somewhat silvery, with a slender blackish marginal line.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Doina edmondsii (Butler, 1883)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  2. Clarke, J. F. Gates (1978). "Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (273): 34.
  3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1883 (1): 75


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