Gonionota contrasta

Gonionota contrasta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Gonionota
Species:	G. contrasta
Binomial name
	Gonionota contrasta; Clarke, 1964

Gonionota contrasta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Clarke in 1964. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are sayal brown blotched and suffused with fuscous. From the base of the wing, a broad, elongate, oblique reddish ocherous blotch, mixed with buff yellow, nearly reaches the costa and is separated from a smaller similarly colored outwardly oblique patch by an arm of ground color. In the outer patch, which extends to the cell, are two blackish spots. In the cell, at two-fifths, is a black spot and at the end of the cell is a small white dot and at the apical third of the costa is an elongate triangular white spot edged with pink along the inner margin. Beyond this spot are a few whitish scales. The hindwings are fuscous.[2]

References

"Gonionota Zeller, 1877" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 115 (3480): 64 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] "Gonionota Zeller, 1877" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

[2] Proceedings of the United States National Museum 115 (3480): 64 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.