''Muna zostera'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family

Depressariidae Depressariidae is a family of moths. It has formerly been treated as a subfamily of Gelechiidae, but is now recognised as a separate family, comprising about 2,300 species worldwide.Heikkilä, M. ''et al''. 2014: Morphology reinforces proposed mo ...

, and the only species in the genus ''Muna''. Both the genus and species were described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. The

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is about 21 mm. The forewings are light cinnamon brown with a violaceous tinge. At the basal third, two ill-defined fuscous spots are found, one in the cell, the other on the fold. From three-fifths of the costa, a broad straw-yellow transverse fascia extends outwardly to the middle of the wing, then curves inwardly to the middle of the dorsum. Both inner and outer edges of this fascia are irregularly marked with cinnamon-buff scales. Between the outer edge of the fascia and the termen, a series of five ill-defined, grayish-fuscous spots is found. The hindwings are ocherous white shading to very pale cinnamon brown at the apex.

References

Moths described in 1978 Depressariinae Monotypic moth genera Endemic fauna of Chile {{Depressariinae-stub