Costoma basirosella

Costoma basirosella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Costoma
Species:	C. basirosella
Binomial name
	Costoma basirosella; Busck, 1914

Costoma basirosella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama.^[1]

The wingspan is about 31 mm. The base of the forewings are light pink, on the costa yellow. This bright colored base is sharply limited outwardly by a narrow, blackish-brown, transverse fascia. Beyond this fascia, the wing is dark olive brown with the costal edge from the basal fourth outwardly, broadly yellow, and with the entire apical, terminal, and dorsal edge narrowly yellow. The hindwings are dark brownish fuscous.^[2]

References

^ Costoma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 24 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Costoma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

[2] Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 24 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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