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Stenoma byssina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Stenoma
Species:	S. byssina
Binomial name
Stenoma byssina (Zeller, 1855)
Synonyms
Cryptolechia byssina Zeller, 1855 Cryptolechia tetragonella Walker, 1864 Cryptolechia isabella Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Stenoma byssina is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas), Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Trinidad and Paraguay.

The wingspan is 20–30 mm. The forewings are pale green with a faint grey dot at the end of the cell and two triangular fuscous spots on the costa, one at midpoint and one at the apical three-fourths. From the latter extends an outwardly curved transverse line of grey spots to the dorsum before the tornus. The dorsum is edged with grey and there is a grey spot in the fold surrounded with irregular grey suffusion. The hindwings are pale yellow, more or less heavily overcast with grey in the anal area.

The larvae feed on the foliage of Melicocca bijuga.

References

1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 4: 10 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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