Stenoma macroptycha

Stenoma macroptycha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Panama.[1]

Stenoma macroptycha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Stenoma
Species:
S. macroptycha
Binomial name
Stenoma macroptycha
Meyrick, 1930
Synonyms
  • Stenoma spermidias Meyrick, 1932

The wingspan is 32–35 mm. The forewings are dark glossy purplish brown, the costal fold somewhat lighter and without purple gloss. In the disc, before and above the middle, is a roundish spot of brown apparently erectile hairscales. The second discal stigma is minute and grey whitish and the costal edge is shortly pale grayish ochreous beyond the end of the fold. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (1): 28


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