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Gonionota praeclivis

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Gonionota praeclivis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonionota
Species:
G. praeclivis
Binomial name
Gonionota praeclivis
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Hypercallia praeclivis Meyrick, 1921

Gonionota praeclivis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are reddish fuscous with a suffused dark fuscous streak along the dorsum from one-fourth to two-thirds. The second discal stigma is small and white and there is a slight very oblique whitish mark on the costa at two-thirds. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Gonionota Zeller, 1877" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (13): 389 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.