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Durrantia pugnax

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Durrantia pugnax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Durrantia
Species:
D. pugnax
Binomial name
Durrantia pugnax
Synonyms
  • Durrantia acompsa Walsingham, 1912
  • Stenoma monotona Amsel, 1956

Durrantia pugnax is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Panama, Guatemala and Venezuela.[1]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are pale cream ochreous, sparsely dusted with dark fuscous scales, distributed for the most part singly, but in a small group at the end of the cell, and again in the fold at about half the wing-length, also in about five small terminal spots on the extreme margin. The hindwings are slightly paler than the forewings, and with a shining silky lustre.[2]

The larvae feed on Byrsonima crassifolia.

References

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  1. ^ Durrantia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 114 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.