Gonionota acrocosma

Gonionota acrocosma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonionota
Species: G. acrocosma
Binomial name
Gonionota acrocosma
(Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Coptotelia acrocosma Meyrick, 1912

Gonionota acrocosma is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Colombia.[1]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are deep purplish-brown with the basal third lighter brown, the outer edge straight, inwardly oblique, the costal edge pinkish. The dorsum beyond this is darker-suffused and the first discal stigma is represented by a few white scales, the second by a few dark fuscous and whitish. The costal edge towards the middle is dark fuscous, posteriorly suffused with ferruginous-yellow tipped with rose-pink. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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