Durrantia pugnax

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Durrantia pugnax
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Durrantia
Species:
D. pugnax
Binomial name
Durrantia pugnax
Walsingham, 1912
Synonyms
  • Durrantia acompsaWalsingham, 1912
  • Stenoma monotonaAmsel, 1956

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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References

  1. Durrantia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 114 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .