Stenoma acontiella

Stenoma acontiella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[1]

Stenoma acontiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Stenoma
Species:
S. acontiella
Binomial name
Stenoma acontiella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia acontiella Walker, 1864

Adults are cupreous, with moderately broad wings. The forewings are silvery white, nearly rectangular at the tips and with an elongate cupreous patch extending from the base along half the length of the interior border, occupying most of the breadth, connected by three cupreous points with a large short-elliptical cupreous spot, which extends nearly to the exterior border. The marginal points are cupreous. The hindwings have a cinereous fringe.[2]

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