Filinota ignita is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1912. It is found in Panama.[1]

Filinota ignita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Filinota
Species:
F. ignita
Binomial name
Filinota ignita
(Busck, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Lupercalia ignita Busck, 1912

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are greyish white with a broad bright golden yellow costal edge reaching around the apex and lined with carmine and black scales. There are three conspicuous transverse silvery white blotches, one obliquely placed at base, edged with black, another perpendicular on the dorsal edge just beyond the middle of the wing, edged with black and carmine, and a third and largest adjoining the golden apical area. This also is black lined. The hindwings are silvery white.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Filinota at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 59 (4): 7   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.