Gonionota captans

Gonionota captans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonionota
Species: G. captans
Binomial name
Gonionota captans
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Hypercallia captans Meyrick, 1931

Gonionota captans is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are brown with a reddish-crimson oblique-triangular blotch on the base of the dorsum, reaching half across the wing, its apex including a blackish dot and just reaching the tip of a similar rather oblique bar from the costa at one-third and a white wedge-shaped mark along the costa at two-thirds, as well as a suffused crimson dot on the end of the cell. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

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