Durrantia pugnax | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Durrantia |
Species: | D. pugnax |
Binomial name | |
Durrantia pugnax Walsingham, 1912 | |
Synonyms | |
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Durrantia pugnax is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Panama, Guatemala and Venezuela. [1]
The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are pale cream ochreous, sparsely dusted with dark fuscous scales, distributed for the most part singly, but in a small group at the end of the cell, and again in the fold at about half the wing-length, also in about five small terminal spots on the extreme margin. The hindwings are slightly paler than the forewings, and with a shining silky lustre. [2]
The larvae feed on Byrsonima crassifolia .
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