Stenoma apsorrhoa

Stenoma apsorrhoa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana and Peru.[1]

Stenoma apsorrhoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Stenoma
Species:
S. apsorrhoa
Binomial name
Stenoma apsorrhoa
Meyrick, 1915

The wingspan is 13–18 mm. The forewings are brown grey or fuscous with a white line along the costa throughout, more or less thickened towards the base, continued around the termen somewhat waved to the tornus. There is a somewhat irregular slightly curved or bent white line from the middle of the costa to two-thirds of the dorsum. The hindwings are rather dark grey, darker in females.[2]

References
  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (13): 413


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