Linoclostis gonatias

Linoclostis gonatias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Linoclostis
Species:	L. gonatias
Binomial name
	Linoclostis gonatias; Meyrick, 1908

Linoclostis gonatias is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in India.^[1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are shining white with the costal edge dark fuscous towards the base and there is a slender fuscous subterminal line from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, almost right angled in the middle. There is a slender ochreous-brownish line along the apical sixth of the costa. The hindwings are grey whitish.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 14, 2013). "Linoclostis gonatias Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (3): 626. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (December 14, 2013). "Linoclostis gonatias Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2020.

[2] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (3): 626. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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