Gnamptonoma

Gnamptonoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Subfamily: Agonoxeninae
Genus: Gnamptonoma
Meyrick, 1917
Species:
G. leptura
Binomial name
Gnamptonoma leptura
Meyrick, 1917

Gnamptonoma leptura is a moth of the family Agonoxenidae[1] and the only species in the genus Gnamptonoma. It is only known from its types from Ecuador.[2]

It has a wingspan of 8mm. Its forewings are dark bronzy fuscous, with a whitish-ochreous dorsal streak from base occupying nearly half of wing, sprinkeled with blackish specks on costa.[3]

References

  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Gnamptonoma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. ^ Meyrick, 1917: 65