''Energia inopina'' is a

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 w ...

in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey in 1912. It is found in

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. The

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is about 20 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, with blackish costal spots, and a strong ferruginous brown shade extending over the whole dorsal half and touching the upper edge of the cell on its outer third. There is a short black line at the extreme base, with a longer one below it, the latter extending straight along the fold to half the wing-length. The costal spots consist of one, small, at one-fifth from the base, two larger patches on either side of the middle of the costa, which is slightly depressed, these are separated and partly limited beneath by a patch of snow-white scales, mixed with others corresponding to the costal patches. Two or three small, dark brown costal spots before the apex are less conspicuous than those that precede them. The hindwings are brownish grey.Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 114

References

Moths described in 1912 Stenomatinae {{Stenomatinae-stub