Gonioterma latipennis

Gonioterma latipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonioterma
Species: G. latipennis
Binomial name
Gonioterma latipennis
(Zeller, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia latipennis Zeller, 1877
  • Stenoma algosa Meyrick, 1916

Gonioterma latipennis is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in Colombia and French Guiana.[1]

The wingspan is 21-23 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, the costa irregularly suffused with deep olive-green, beneath this some fine scattered irregular whitish markings. The plical stigma is minute and dark fuscous with several white marginal dots around the apex, larger on the costa. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish with a long pale greyish-ochreous hairpencil from the base lying in a subdorsal fold.[2]

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