Durrantia pugnax

Durrantia pugnax is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Panama, Guatemala and Venezuela.[1]

Durrantia pugnax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Durrantia
Species:
D. pugnax
Binomial name
Durrantia pugnax
Synonyms
  • Durrantia acompsa Walsingham, 1912
  • Stenoma monotona Amsel, 1956

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are pale cream ochreous, sparsely dusted with dark fuscous scales, distributed for the most part singly, but in a small group at the end of the cell, and again in the fold at about half the wing-length, also in about five small terminal spots on the extreme margin. The hindwings are slightly paler than the forewings, and with a shining silky lustre.[2]

The larvae feed on Byrsonima crassifolia.

References
  1. Durrantia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 114


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