Stenoptilodes posticus

Stenoptilodes posticus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Colombia and Peru.

Stenoptilodes posticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilodes
Species:
S. posticus
Binomial name
Stenoptilodes posticus
(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Mimaesoptilus posticus Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

The wingspan is about 24 millimetres (0.94 in). Adults are on wing in September.

  • Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).
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