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Statherotis leucaspis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Statherotis
Species:	S. leucaspis
Binomial name
Statherotis leucaspis (Meyrick, 1902)
Synonyms
Eucosma leucaspis Meyrick, in Gardiner, 1902 Argyroploce leucaspis Meyrick, 1909 Olethreutes leucaspis Clarke, 1958 Statherotis leucaspis Diakonoff, 1973

Statherotis leucaspis is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1902. It is found in Thailand, the Maldives, Java, the Marshall Islands, the Ellice Islands, India, Sri Lanka and the Seychelles.

The wingspan is 13.5–14 mm (0.53–0.55 in) for males and 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) for females.

References

1. New records and known species of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Thong Pha Phum National Park, Thailand
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Statherotis leucaspis (Meyrick, 1902)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
3. Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
4. The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae)

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