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Menesta astronoma

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Menesta astronoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Menesta
Species:
M. astronoma
Binomial name
Menesta astronoma
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma astronoma Meyrick, 1909

Menesta astronoma is a moth in the Depressariidae family found in Bolivia.[1] 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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Menesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1909 (1): 34 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.