Stachyneura sceliphrodes

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Stachyneura sceliphrodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Stachyneura
Species:
S. sceliphrodes
Binomial name
Stachyneura sceliphrodes
(Meyrick, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Cryptophasa sceliphrodesMeyrick, 1925

Stachyneura sceliphrodes is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found in Queensland, Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea. [1] [2]

The wingspan is 35–40 mm. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous with snow-white reflections, the veins are white sprinkled with dark red brown or sometimes suffused with reddish. There is a snow-white costal streak broad at the base and narrowed to a point at about three-fourths. The cell and dorsal area are more or less suffused with reddish or brown, with thick oblique streaks of blackish or dark red-brown sprinkles from the dorsum at one-third and beyond the middle, and a spot towards the tornus, the spaces between these sometimes suffused with white. There is a terminal series of blackish or dark red-brown triangular dots. The hindwings are light greyish ochreous. [3]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 15, 2013). "Stachyneura sceliphrodes (Meyrick, 1925)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. McMillan, Ian (2 July 2010). "Stachyneura". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 150. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .