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Lethata Monopa
''Lethata monopa'' is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The wingspan is about 33 mm. The forewings are brown with the costa and termen faintly ochreous. From the anal angle, an area of fuscous shading extends upward and outward to near the costa and there is a spot at the end of the cell, consisting of a ring of light brown enclosing a spot of slightly darker brown. There is a transverse, outwardly curved faint fuscous line at the apical fourth, extending from the costa to the dorsum. The hindwings are grey. References Moths described in 1967 Lethata {{Stenomatinae-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
