Stenoma orthographa

Stenoma orthographa is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil (Upper Amazon).[1]

Stenoma orthographa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Stenoma
Species:
S. orthographa
Binomial name
Stenoma orthographa
Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are fuscous with three cloudy dark fuscous lines, the first two nearly straight, the first scarcely oblique, the second rather oblique, the third forming a somewhat curved series of cloudy dots, indented above the middle. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 205


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