Rectiostoma flinti

Last updated

Rectiostoma flinti
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Rectiostoma
Species:
R. flinti
Binomial name
Rectiostoma flinti
(Duckworth, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Setiostoma flintiDuckworth, 1971

Rectiostoma flinti is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. [1] It is found in Mexico.

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The forewings are yellow basally, concolorous and continuous with the thorax and tegulae except for a small patch of gray brown at the extreme base of the dorsum. The distal margin of the yellow area is bordered by a dark brown line immediately paralleled by a broad transverse band of iridescent blue. The apical half of the forewing is dark brown with alternating irregular transverse patterns of red brown, black, iridescent gray, iridescent blue violet, red brown, black, iridescent blue violet in sequence from midpoint to apex. The hindwings are dark brown with a white patch on the anterior margin. [2]

The larvae possibly feed on Philodendron species, but it is also possible that the plant was growing in close association with the actual host plant and the insect accidentally pupated on it instead of the host.

Related Research Articles

<i>Elymnias hypermnestra</i> Species of butterfly

Elymnias hypermnestra, the common palmfly, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia.

<i>Zizula hylax</i> Species of butterfly

Zizula hylax, 'the Tiny grass blue' is a species of blue butterfly.

<i>Hypolimnas misippus</i> Species of butterfly

Hypolimnas misippus, the Danaid eggfly, mimic, or diadem, is a widespread species of nymphalid butterfly. It is well known for polymorphism and mimicry. Males are blackish with distinctive white spots that are fringed in blue. Females are in multiple forms that include male-like forms while others closely resemble the toxic butterflies Danaus chrysippus and Danaus plexippus.

<i>Cigaritis vulcanus</i> Species of butterfly

Cigaritis vulcanus, the common silverline, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.

<i>Nymphalis xanthomelas</i> Species of butterfly

Nymphalis xanthomelas, the scarce tortoiseshell, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in eastern Europe and Asia. This butterfly is also referred as yellow-legged tortoiseshell or large tortoiseshell.

<i>Aglais caschmirensis</i> Species of butterfly

Aglais caschmirensis, the Indian tortoiseshell, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, primarily in the Himalayas.

<i>Rectiostoma xanthobasis</i> Species of moth

Rectiostoma xanthobasis is a species of moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1876. It is found along the Atlantic Coastal Plain from south-eastern Massachusetts south to central Florida and eastern Texas, and north in the Mississippi Valley to Missouri and Illinois.

<i>Euphaedra luperca</i> Species of butterfly

Euphaedra luperca, the Nigerian blue forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in southern Nigeria and western Cameroon.

Chrysoesthia lingulacella, the silver-banded moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, Quebec and Texas.

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.

Rectiostoma chrysabasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Rectiostoma cirrhobasis 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 Guatemala and El Salvador.

Rectiostoma cnecobasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in the high highlands of Peru and Bolivia.

Rectiostoma earobasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in Bolivia.

Rectiostoma ochrobasis 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 south-eastern Peru and Bolivia.

Rectiostoma silvibasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in Venezuela.

Rectiostoma thiobasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in Brazil.

Rectiostoma xuthobasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in Colombia.

Rectiostoma callidora is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in the humid low highlands of south-eastern Peru and north-western Bolivia.

Rectiostoma haemitheia is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in the humid low highlands of western Venezuela, central Colombia and Costa Rica. It has also been recorded from Panama and Brazil (Amazonas).

References

  1. "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX: Revision of the Genus Setiostoma (Lepidoptera: Stenomidae) PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .