| Cerconota tridesma | |
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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. tridesma |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerconota tridesma Meyrick, 1915 | |
Cerconota tridesma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana.
The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are fuscous, with a slight purplish tinge and three light greyish-ochreous lines crossing the wing, the first at two-fifths, bent near the costa, closely preceded by a light greyish-ochreous fascia narrow on the costa and gradually dilating downwards, the second and third bent above the middle, the third running to the tornus, a light greyish-ochreous patch extending along the costa from the second to the apex. The hindwings are grey.
References
- Cerconota at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (13): 386
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| Cerconota tridesma | |
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