Gonionota tenebralis

Gonionota tenebralis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1906. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.[1]

Gonionota tenebralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Gonionota
Species:
G. tenebralis
Binomial name
Gonionota tenebralis
(Hampson, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Salobrena tenebralis Hampson, 1906
  • Gonionota charagma J. F. G. Clarke, 1971

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are fuscous, overlaid and suffused reddish brown and from the basal third of the costa an all-defined olive-buff fascia extends to the fold then continues to the tornus. From the apex to vein 2, an ill-defined olive-buff transverse fascia is found. The hindwings are sepia.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Gonionota tenebralis (Hampson, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  2. Clarke, J. F. Gates (1971). "Neotropical Microlepidoptera XIX: Notes on and New Species of Oecophoridae (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (95).


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