Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

Gonioterma latipennis

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Gonioterma

Gonioterma latipennis is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in Colombia and French Guiana.

The wingspan is 21-23 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, the costa irregularly suffused with deep olive green, beneath this some fine scattered irregular whitish markings. The plical stigma is minute and dark fuscous with several white marginal dots around the apex, larger on the costa. The hindwings are ochreous whitish with a long pale greyish-ochreous hair-pencil from the base lying in a subdorsal fold.

References

Gonioterma latipennis Wikipedia