Rectiostoma argyrobasis

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Rectiostoma argyrobasis
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R. argyrobasis
Binomial name
Rectiostoma argyrobasis
(Duckworth, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Setiostoma argyrobasisDuckworth, 1971

Rectiostoma argyrobasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in the humid low highlands of northern Venezuela and south-eastern Brazil. [1]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are white basally, tinged with yellow on the costal edge. The distal margin of the white area is bordered by a dark brown line immediately paralleled by a broad, transverse band of iridescent blue violet. The apical half of the forewing is dark brown suffused with iridescent bronze-to-violet scales. The hindwings are dark brown with a white patch on the anterior margin and white hair-pencils along the anal veins. [2]

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References

  1. "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 106: 25