Eunebristis oncotera

Eunebristis oncotera is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1911.[2] It is found in Mexico (Guerrero).[3]

Eunebristis oncotera
E. oncotera ♂.
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E. oncotera
Binomial name
Eunebristis oncotera
(Walsingham, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Noeza oncotera Walsingham, 1911[1]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are pale yellowish ochreous, suffused with ferruginous towards the termen, and in a large blotch extending from the base on either side of the fold and along the dorsum to the commencement of the tornal cilia, its outer extremity somewhat attenuate, leaving a space of the same ground colour between it and a dark ferruginous costal blotch a little beyond the middle. The termen is narrowly pale yellowish ochreous, with three ferruginous dots at the base of the cilia. The hindwings are shining, pale grey.[4]

References

  1. Walsingham (1911). "Noeza oncotera, sp. n.". Tineina, Pterophorina, Orneodina, and Pyralidina and Hepialina (part.). Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera. 4. pp. 85–86; Pl. 3, Fig. 7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eunebristis oncotera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
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  4. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Walsingham (1911).


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