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

Gonioterma expansa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 expansa Meyrick, 1915

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]

References

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