Cerconota armiferella

Cerconota armiferella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Cerconota
Species: C. armiferella
Binomial name
Cerconota armiferella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia armiferella Walker, 1864

Cerconota armiferella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).[1]

Adults are pale fawn-colour, with nearly half the length from the exterior border of the forewings pale testaceous-cinereous two transverse denticulated darker lines. There are some elongated black costal points and a black streak by the interior angle and another near the base of the interior border. There are also two discal points, one in the m.ddle, the other exterior and the marginal points are black. The hindwings are aeneous.[2]

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