Gonaepa heliarcha

Gonaepa heliarcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Gonaepa
Species:	G. heliarcha
Binomial name
	Gonaepa heliarcha; (Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
	Crocanthes heliarcha Meyrick, 1886;

Gonaepa heliarcha is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are bright orange, with purplish black markings and a large basal patch, extending on the costa to two-thirds and on the inner margin to two-fifths, the outer edge is irregular, tolerably straight, with a small transverse spot in the middle of the disc. There is a hind marginal patch, bounded by a sinuate line from four-fifths of the costa to the anal angle. The hindwings are bright orange, with purplish-black markings. There is a short line along the costa beyond the middle, a crescentic inwards-curved spot in the disc beyond the middle and a narrow hind marginal band, somewhat dilated at the apex, with a small irregular prominence at three-fourths.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (September 2, 2018). "Gonaepa heliarcha (Meyrick, 1886)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1886 (3): 278.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (September 2, 2018). "Gonaepa heliarcha (Meyrick, 1886)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.

[2] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1886 (3): 278.