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Cerconota lysalges

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Species of moth

Cerconota lysalges
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cerconota
Species: C. lysalges
Binomial name
Cerconota lysalges
(Walsingham, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Gonioterma lysalges Walsingham, 1913

Cerconota lysalges is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1913. It is found in Panama.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are pale testaceous, with a slight tawny gloss, a small brown costal spot on the summit of the arched portion of the wing followed by a larger spot of the same colour on the middle of the costa where the margin is most depressed. The hindwings are brownish testaceous.

References

  1. Cerconota at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 190 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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