Lethata monopa

Lethata monopa is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]

Lethata monopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Lethata
Species:
L. monopa
Binomial name
Lethata monopa
Duckworth, 1967

The wingspan is about 33 mm. The forewings are brown with the costa and termen faintly ochreous. From the anal angle, an area of fuscous shading extends upward and outward to near the costa and there is a spot at the end of the cell, consisting of a ring of light brown enclosing a spot of slightly darker brown. There is a transverse, outwardly curved faint fuscous line at the apical fourth, extending from the costa to the dorsum. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. "Lethata Duckworth, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 122 (3585): 9


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