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Cerconota achatina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cerconota
Species:	C. achatina
Binomial name
Cerconota achatina (Zeller, 1855)
Synonyms
Cryptolechia achatina Zeller, 1855 Stenoma lembifera Meyrick, 1915 Stenoma punicea Meyrick, 1916

Cerconota achatina is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Colombia, Guyana and French Guiana.

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are fuscous-purple with the costal edge ochreous-whitish on the anterior half and with a patch of darker fuscous-purple suffusion on the basal fourth of the dorsum, reaching half across the wing, the dorsal scale-projection suffused with ferruginous-brown. There is a very elongate-triangular dark reddish-fuscous patch extending along the costa from before the middle to near the apex, reaching one-fourth across the wing, edged beneath with pale ochreous. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the first discal adjoining the dorsal patch, the plical indistinct, the second discal forming a small transverse-oval spot, followed by a blotch of pale ochreous suffusion touching the costal patch and sending a dark fuscous shade edged by two indistinct pale ochreous lines to the dorsum before the tornus. There is also a fine dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous tinged with grey except towards the base and apex in males and dark grey in females.

References

1. "Cerconota Meyrick, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Description of Stenoma lembifera in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (14): 440 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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