Gonioterma phortax

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Gonioterma phortax
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonioterma
Species:
G. phortax
Binomial name
Gonioterma phortax
Meyrick, 1915
Synonyms
  • Stenoma ochrosarisMeyrick, 1925

Gonioterma phortax is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Guyana, Venezuela and Brazil (Amazonas). [1]

The wingspan is 15–20 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, slightly tinged with grey, in males more whitish towards the costa. There is a small dark fuscous spot on the costa beyond one-fourth, and somewhat larger semi-oval dark fuscous spots on the costa beyond the middle and at five-sixths, from latter a curved series of dark fuscous dots runs to the dorsum before the tornus. The stigmata are very small, dark fuscous, sometimes little marked, the plical very obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a terminal series of dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are pale whitish yellowish, in females, they are tinged with grey. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gonioterma Walsingham, 1897" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (12): 383 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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