Gonioterma crambitella

Gonioterma crambitella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1889. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Texas and Arkansas.[1][2]

Gonioterma crambitella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Gonioterma
Species:
G. crambitella
Binomial name
Gonioterma crambitella
(Walsingham, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma crambitella Walsingham, 1889

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are rather shining white with a suffusion of faint ochreous scales along the veins and nervules. On the extreme costal margin at the base are a few greyish-fuscous scales, and a single dot of the same colour lies at the end of the discal cell in the middle of the wing. The hindwings are greyish white, with a faint ochreous tinge.[3] Adults are on wing from April to August.[4]

References
  1. "Gonioterma Walsingham, 1897" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Insect Life 2 (5): 154
  4. Bug Guide


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