Stenoma leucana

Stenoma leucana is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Jan Sepp in 1844. It is found in Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Santa Catarina), Bolivia, Panama and Mexico.[1]

Stenoma leucana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Stenoma
Species:
S. leucana
Binomial name
Stenoma leucana
(Sepp, [1844])
Synonyms
  • Phalaena (Tortrices) leucana Sepp, [1844]
  • Cryptolechia tenera Zeller, 1854
  • Cryptolechia virginalis Butler, 1877
  • Stenoma neanica Walsingham, 1913

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are shining white. The hindwings are shining white, with a brownish-brassy tinge toward the apex.

The larvae have been reported skeletonising the upperside of the leaves of Annona muricata. The larvae are white, with conspicuous single white hairs, and with three longitudinal black stripes, the dorsal less conspicuous than the broader lateral stripes. The head and thorax are black, with four transverse ochreous triangular spots, the apices of each pair meeting above.[2]

References
  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 186


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