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Gonionota acrocosma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Gonionota

Gonionota acrocosma is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Colombia.

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are deep purplish brown with the basal third lighter brown, the outer edge straight, inwardly oblique, the costal edge pinkish. The dorsum beyond this is darker suffused and the first discal stigma is represented by a few white scales, the second by a few dark fuscous and whitish. The costal edge towards the middle is dark fuscous, posteriorly suffused with ferruginous yellow tipped with rose pink. The hindwings are grey.

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Gonionota acrocosma Wikipedia