Gonionota insulana

Gonionota insulana is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Clarke in 1964. It is found in on Dominica.[1]

Gonionota insulana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Gonionota
Species:
G. insulana
Binomial name
Gonionota insulana
Clarke, 1964

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are orange yellow, with the costa to three-fifths russet and the extreme edge narrowly black interrupted by a white streak at two-fifths. On the costa, beyond three-fifths, is an orange yellow spot with the extreme costal edge white. From the basal third to the costal three-fifths, an outwardly oblique, russet band, confluent with the dark costal shade, terminates in a point, the latter confluent with an outwardly curved series of black spots. The terminal area is russet with the two discal stigmata blackish, at one-third in the cell and at the end of the cell. There are scarlet irregular lines and blotches. The hindwings are buff shaded with brown.[2]

References
  1. "Gonionota Zeller, 1877" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 125 (3654): 5


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