''Catarata lepisma'' is a

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in the family

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. It was described by Walsingham in 1912. It is found in

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. The

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is 15–16 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, much sprinkled and smeared with smoky fuscous. In addition to some general irroration, a costal shade, extending from one-fifth to beyond the middle, is followed by another costal patch, or shade, before the apex, from which arises, on its outer side, a series of fuscous spots, continued around the apex and termen, and from its lower edge a second series, more or less confluent, bowed outward and reverting to the dorsum about the tornus; there are two dark shade-patches also on the dorsum, one before and one beyond the middle, other scattered dark scaling extending across the cell. The hindwings are rather shining, greyish fuscous.Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 154

References

Moths described in 1912 Stenomatinae Taxa named by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham {{Stenomatinae-stub