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Gonionota phocodes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Gonionota

Gonionota phocodes is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Peru.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are purplish-ferruginous brown with some undefined fine whitish-ochreous irroration, especially towards the costa anteriorly, and on a rather broad fascia from before the middle of the costa to the tornus. The hindwings are dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly.

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Gonionota phocodes Wikipedia


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