Cerconota fusigera

Cerconota fusigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Cerconota
Species:	C. fusigera
Binomial name
	Cerconota fusigera; (Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
	Stenoma fusigera Meyrick, 1915;

Cerconota fusigera is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in the Guianas and Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is 24–27 mm. The forewings are brassy-ochreous-greyish, the costal area and a cloudy somewhat curved subterminal fascia paler greyish-ochreous and with the extreme costal edge ochreous-whitish towards the middle. There is a small dark purple-fuscous spot on the middle of the costa and a fusiform fuscous mark extending along the costa from two-thirds to near the apex. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

References

"Cerconota Meyrick, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 476 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] "Cerconota Meyrick, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 476 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.