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Stenoma reticens

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Species of moth

Stenoma reticens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Stenoma
Species: S. reticens
Binomial name
Stenoma reticens
Meyrick, 1917

Stenoma reticens is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Bengal, southern India and South Africa.

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The forewings are light glossy greyish ochreous, greyer in females. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical and first discal minute and indistinct, the plical rather obliquely beyond the first discal, the second discal moderate. The hindwings are pale grey in males and whitish grey in females.

References

  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (2): 58 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Stenoma reticens


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