| Menesta succinctella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Menesta |
| Species: | M. succinctella |
| Binomial name | |
| Menesta succinctella (Walker, 1864) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Menesta succinctella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[1]
Adults are dark cupreous brown, with the forewings purplish tinged. The exterior border and fringe are white. The hindwings are more cupreous, with the fringe mostly white towards the tips and the costa whitish, except towards the tip.[2]
References
- ↑ Menesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 626
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