Stenoma nigricans

Stenoma nigricans is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama.[1]

Stenoma nigricans
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S. nigricans
Binomial name
Stenoma nigricans
(Busck, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Athleta nigricans Busck, 1914

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark brownish fuscous with the terminal edge silvery white and the extreme base of the costa and apical two-thirds of the costal edge also silvery white. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 38


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