Menesta succinctella

Menesta succinctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Menesta
Species:	M. succinctella
Binomial name
	Menesta succinctella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Gelechia succinctella Walker, 1864;

Menesta succinctella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.^[1]

Adults are dark cupreous brown, with the forewings purplish tinged. The exterior border and fringe are white. The hindwings are more cupreous, with the fringe mostly white towards the tips and the costa whitish, except towards the tip.^[2]

References

^ Menesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 626

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

[2] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 626

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