Menesta Astronoma
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''Menesta astronoma'' is a moth in the Depressariidae family found in
Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are very dark bronzy-fuscous with a streak of blue-metallic suffusion beneath the anterior half of the costa and a small round white spot in the disc at two-thirds, immediately beyond this a broad transverse fascia of violet-blue-metallic suffusion not quite reaching the costa and tornus. Two white specks are found on the costa above this. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a rather large transverse white discal spot in the middle, almost reaching the costa.''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London'' 1909 (1): 34


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Moths described in 1909 Menesta {{Stenomatinae-stub