Gonionota Cologramma
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''Gonionota cologramma'' 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 John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1971. It is found in
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. The
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is about 20 mm. The forewings are tawny, the outer half crossed by numerous, irregular, fine pale lines. The costa is narrowly grey mixed with some pink scales and at the apical fifth of the costa is a grey spot. There are two blackish discal spots at the basal third, in the cell, one larger than the other and at the end of the cell is a white spot. Around the termen is a series of short blackish dashes and there is a dark brown spot on the fold, about the middle. The dorsum has a conspicuous brown stripe. The costal area, and from the fold to the brown dorsal streak, is suffused rosy pink. The hindwings are buff, somewhat darker toward the anal angle.


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Moths described in 1971 Gonionota {{Hypercalliinae-stub