| Cerconota fusigera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Cerconota |
| Species: | C. fusigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerconota fusigera (Meyrick, 1915) | |
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Cerconota fusigera is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in the Guianas and Brazil.
The wingspan is 24–27 mm. The forewings are brassy-ochreous-greyish, the costal area and a cloudy somewhat curved subterminal fascia paler greyish-ochreous and with the extreme costal edge ochreous-whitish towards the middle. There is a small dark purple-fuscous spot on the middle of the costa and a fusiform fuscous mark extending along the costa from two-thirds to near the apex. The hindwings are dark grey.
References
- "Cerconota Meyrick, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 476
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| Cerconota fusigera | |
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