''Menestomorpha oblongata'' is a
moth in the family
Depressariidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1907. It is found in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, where it has been recorded from
Florida,
Arizona and
California.
The
wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are white with two transverse brown bands converging at the anal angle forming a V-shaped mark on the basal third, the middle third with indistinct brown shading blending into indistinct brown streaks in the apical third that follow the lines of the veins beyond the cell to the termen and costa. There is a row of five or six indistinct brownish dots along the termen reaching to the apex. The hindwings are light brown.
The species was reared from a cynipid gall on a ''
Quercus'' species.
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 116 (3495) : 48
References
Moths described in 1907
Stenomatinae
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