Mothonica cubana is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Cuba.[1]
| Mothonica cubana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Mothonica |
| Species: | M. cubana
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| Binomial name | |
| Mothonica cubana Duckworth, 1969
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The wingspan is 14–19 mm. The forewings are white sprinkled with brown scales and with an indistinct brown triangular area on the costa at the basal one-third. There is a larger, more distinct brown triangular area on the costa at one-half and an outwardly curving transverse line from the costal two-thirds to the dorsum before the tornus, composed of a series of fuscous dashes. There is also a series of terminal fuscous dots from the costal two-thirds to the tornus and a fuscous spot at the end of the cell, as well as a fuscous patch on the dorsum below the spot and a triangular fuscous patch on the dorsum at the anal angle. The hindwings are white.
The larvae bore the seeds of Copernicia glabrescens.[2]
References edit
- ^ Mothonica at funet
- ^ Smithson. Contributions Zool. 4 : 8
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