Revonda

Revonda is a monotypic moth genus in the family Oecophoridae. Its only species, Revonda eschara, is found in Chile. Both the genus and species were described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978.[1]

Revonda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Revonda

J. F. G. Clarke, 1978
Species:
R. eschara
Binomial name
Revonda eschara
J. F. G. Clarke, 1978

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are ocherous white on the costa with three blackish fuscous spots, one at the base, one at the middle and one slightly before the apex. The dorsal two-thirds of the wing are lightly shaded greyish and there is a longitudinal shade from the end of the cell, somewhat darker than the greyish dorsal shade. On the fold, at two-fifths, a loose aggregation of fuscous scales forms an ill-defined longitudinal dash and there is a fuscous spot at the end of the cell. Scattered over the surface are irregularly placed fuscous scales. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Revonda Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  2. J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 42. Retrieved 15 December 2017.


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