Philonome kawakitai

Philonome kawakitai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Philonome
Species:	P. kawakitai
Binomial name
Philonome kawakitai Sohn, Davis & Lopez-Vaamonde, 2015

Philonome kawakitai is a species of moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in French Guiana.

The length of the forewings is about 3.8 mm. The forewings are reddish brown, but paler along the dorsal area and the costal area is pale orange, intermixed with dark brown scales, densely on the basal third and sparsely on the distal third. The longitudinal fascia is continuous to near the termen, convex and narrowed at the distal third, white and juxtaposed with a slender black line along the lower border. The dorsal bar has the form of a triangular patch on the anterior half, combined to a longitudinal fascia and as a slender, intermittent, black line on the posterior half. The subterminal line is connected to the distal one-eights of the costa and tornus. The hindwings are dark brownish grey.

Etymology

The species is named for Atsushi Kawakita, who collected the holotype.^[1]

References

1. Revision of the genus Philonome Chambers and its proposed reassignment to the family Tineidae (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea)