Promenesta triacmopa

Promenesta triacmopa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Paraguay.[1]

Promenesta triacmopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Promenesta
Species:
P. triacmopa
Binomial name
Promenesta triacmopa
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma triacmopa Meyrick, 1931

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are orange yellow with the plical stigma minute and fuscous, the second discal forming a suffused round fuscous spot with a three-pointed whitish centre. There are faint minute brownish terminal dots. The hindwings are grey whitish, with the termen slightly greyer suffused.[2]

References
  1. Promenesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (1): 37


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