Gonionota hypoleuca is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1971. It is found in Venezuela.[1]

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

The wingspan is 16–22 mm. The forewings are snuff brown, many of the scales tipped whitish. From the basal third of the costa a very faint, ill-defined white line, interrupted in cell by a fuscous spot, extends to the fold and the tornus has an ill-defined fuscous blotch. The hindwings are sepia.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Gonionota hypoleuca 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.