Comotechna dentifera
| Comotechna dentifera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Comotechna |
| Species: | C. dentifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Comotechna dentifera Meyrick, 1921
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Comotechna dentifera is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Brazil and Peru.[1]
The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are violet fuscous with an oblique mark from the costa at one-fourth running into a short subcostal longitudinal streak, beneath it whitish ochreous, preceded and followed by dark fuscous suffusion and with an irregular-edged curved oblique dark fuscous fasciate streak from one-fourth of the dorsum to beneath this, edged with whitish suffusion. A dark fuscous oblique fasciate mediodorsal blotch reaches three-fourths across the wing, edged whitish, the anterior edge sinuate convex, the posterior concave with a well-marked triangular projection in the middle. There is an ochreous-orange very oblique striga from the middle of the costa, preceded and followed by fine white blackish-edged strigae. There are some variable small dark fuscous spots towards the dorsum beyond this, surrounded by whitish suffusion and an indistinct irregular blue-leaden transverse line is found at three-fourths, followed by a whitish dot on the costa and there is some slight whitish-ochreous marking or suffusion in the disc beyond this. An oblique leaden line is found before the apex, then to the tornus abutting on a whitish terminal line. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Savela, Markku (February 5, 2015). "Comotechna dentifera Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (13): 401.
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