Gonioterma pacatum is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1913. It is found in Guatemala.[1]

Gonioterma pacatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Gonioterma
Species:
G. pacatum
Binomial name
Gonioterma pacatum

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are shining, silky whitish ochreous, with two dark brown costal spots, one at the middle, the other beyond it. There is also a very small dark spot at the base of the costa, and sometimes a minute brown dot at the end of the cell. The hindwings are silky, yellowish white.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Gonioterma Walsingham, 1897" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 188   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.