''Gonionota eremia'' is a

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in the family Depressariidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1971. It is found in

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and

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. The

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is 16–19 mm. The forewings are auburn, with at the apical third of the costa a small whitish streak and at the basal third, in the cell, a minute fuscous spot and at the end of the cell a pale, buff spot. Between veins 11 and 12 opposite the base of 11, is a minute fuscous fused spot. The dorsum is narrowly fuscous. The hindwings are fuscous, the scales loosely attached.

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Moths described in 1971 Gonionota {{Hypercalliinae-stub