Gonioterma expansa

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Gonioterma expansa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonioterma
Species:
G. expansa
Binomial name
Gonioterma expansa
(Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma expansaMeyrick, 1915

Gonioterma expansa is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). [1]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are ochreous whitish with rather large triangular dark fuscous spots on the costa at the middle and three-fourths. The second discal stigma is small and dark fuscous. The hindwings are ochreous whitish, the dorsum with a group of long expansible ochreous-whitish hairs spreading over the abdomen, but not collected into a defined pencil. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gonioterma Walsingham, 1897" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 464 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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