Baeonoma leucodelta

Baeonoma leucodelta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana[1] and Pará, Brazil.[2]

Baeonoma leucodelta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Baeonoma
Species:
B. leucodelta
Binomial name
Baeonoma leucodelta
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Machimia leucodelta Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with a slight purplish gloss and with a triangular white blotch extending on the dorsum from beyond the middle to near the tornus, and reaching half across the wing. There is a smaller white apical patch, its edge running from five-sixths of the costa to the termen above the middle. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (February 8, 2015). "Baeonoma leucodelta (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 160.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (6): 184.


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