Stenoma vita

Stenoma vita is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1911. It is found in Brazil and the Guianas.[1]

Stenoma vita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Stenoma
Species:
S. vita
Binomial name
Stenoma vita
(Busck, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Gonioterma vita Busck, 1911

The wingspan is 24–25 mm. The forewings are light straw yellow, with a large brown shade resting on the dorsal edge and covering most of the wing. The brown shades gradually into the yellow and leaves the base, costal, and terminal edge pure yellow. On the costal edge are two very small dark brown dots, one on the middle and one at apical sixth. The hindwings are light straw yellow.[2]

References
  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 40 (1815): 226


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