Gonionota hemiglypta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1971. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.[1]

Gonionota hemiglypta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonionota
Species:
G. hemiglypta
Binomial name
Gonionota hemiglypta
J. F. G. Clarke, 1971

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are yellow with the dorsal half strongly overlaid carmine. The costal half is ferruginous at the base, this color becoming attenuated toward the apex. The extreme costal edge is narrowly whitish and at the basal third, in the cell, is a small black dot followed at the end of the cell by a similar dot. The hindwings are ocheraceous tawny.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Gonionota hemiglypta Clarke, 1971". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  2. ^ Clarke, J. F. Gates (1971). "Neotropical Microlepidoptera XIX: Notes on and New Species of Oecophoridae (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (95).  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.