Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Depressariidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Gonionota | |
Gonionota mimulina is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Butler in 1883. It is found in Chile.
The wingspan is 17-19 mm. The forewings are bright sulphur yellow with a stripe along the base of the costal nervure reddish, spotted with blackish, and joining at basal third the commencement of a broad triangular reddish patch with blackish edges, which extends nearly to apex, and is spotted on the costal margin and at its inferior angle with white. There is an externo-discal series of minute blackish dots, sometimes obsolete. The hindwings are sericeous snow white.
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