Stenoma caesarea

Stenoma caesarea is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Guyana and Brazil.[1]

Stenoma caesarea
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S. caesarea
Binomial name
Stenoma caesarea
Meyrick, 1915

The wingspan is 18–25 mm. The forewings are glossy light or dark violet-slaty grey with the extreme costal edge ochreous whitish. There is a small whitish-ochreous spot or mark on the costa at two-fifths, and a small cloudy ochreous-whitish spot just beneath it. A cloudy dark fuscous spot is found on the end of the cell and the terminal edge is obscurely whitish. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 450


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