''Sesommata albimaculata'' is a moth of the family

Palaephatidae Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with fou ...

. It was described by Davis in 1986."A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia"
by Donald R. Davis. It is found in the Parque Nacional Lanín in Argentina. The length of the forewings is 5.5–6 mm. Adults have dark fuscous to black wings with 5-6 yellowish white, equally spaced spots of similar size on the forewings. Adults are on wing December in one generation per year.

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin ''albus'' (meaning white) and ''maculatus'' (meaning spotted or speckled) and refers to the spotted forewing pattern.

References

Moths described in 1986 Palaephatidae {{Palaephatoidea-stub