Stomopteryx thoracica

Stomopteryx thoracica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Stomopteryx thoracica
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S. thoracica
Binomial name
Stomopteryx thoracica
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis thoracica Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The forewings are dark grey, finely irrorated with whitish-grey and with a small yellow-ochreous basal patch, not reaching the costa, edged with blackish dots in the middle and on the dorsum. The plical and second discal stigmata are blackish. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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