Gonionota isophylla

Gonionota isophylla is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Peru and Paraguay.[1]

Gonionota isophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Gonionota
Species:
G. isophylla
Binomial name
Gonionota isophylla
Meyrick, 1909

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are yellowish crimson rosy with the extreme costal edge white and with a broad suffused light yellow patch extending along the costa from before the middle to near the apex, indistinctly spotted with pale fuscous suffusion. There are two or three very undefined black dots on the termen beneath the apex. The hindwings are light reddish grey.[2]

References
  1. Gonionota at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1909 (1): 25


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