Stachyostoma

Stachyostoma is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Stachyostoma psilodoxa, which is found in Ecuador.[1]

Stachyostoma
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Stachyostoma

Meyrick, 1923
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S. psilodoxa
Binomial name
Stachyostoma psilodoxa
Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, on the dorsal three-fifths brownish-tinged, and with scattered dark fuscous specks. There is a blackish dot towards the costa near the base. The discal stigmata are small and dark fuscous, the first with a similar dot obliquely before and above it connected by a fuscous cloud, and with a more conspicuous blackish dot obliquely above and beyond it. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous.[2]

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