Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Depressariidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Filinota | |
Filinota cassiteranthes is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1932. It is found in Bolivia.
The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are yellow, ornamented throughout with arabesque light red patterns, suffusedly confluent along the costa. The extreme costal edge is fuscous and beneath the costa, from the base to two-thirds, are six irregularly placed brassy-leaden-metallic dashes with a few black scales, and two black linear dots anteriorly. The fuscous markings are edged crimson and contain a few scattered small bright leaden-metallic marks as follows: two small spots near the dorsum towards the base, connected by a crimson line with an oblique irregular fasciate streak from beneath the costal area at one-fourth to the middle of the dorsum, dilated on the dorsum, a cruciform pattern in the disc beyond the middle (the lower arm connected with the preceding), and an irregular streak from the costa at four-fifths to the termen above the tornus. There is also a series of bright leaden-metallic marks edged fuscous around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are violet-white, the apex slightly tinged rosy.