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Stenoma stolida

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Species of moth

Stenoma stolida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Stenoma
Species: S. stolida
Binomial name
Stenoma stolida
Meyrick, 1911

Stenoma stolida is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 25–32 mm. The forewings are fuscous, suffused with dark fuscous towards the costa and on the veins posteriorly, elsewhere suffusedly mixed with grey whitish. There is a transverse linear blackish mark on the end of the cell, edged with whitish suffusion. There is also a terminal series of blackish dots. The hindwings are grey, lighter anteriorly.

References

  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3 (1): 75 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Stenoma stolida


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