Stangeia distantia

Stangeia distantia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Stangeia
Species:	S. distantia
Binomial name
Stangeia distantia Clarke, 1986

Stangeia distantia is a moth species of the family Pterophoridae. It was first described in 1986 by J. F. Gates Clarke, ^[1] and is known from Fatu-Hiva in the Marquesas Archipelago. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

The species has a wingspan of 11–12 millimetres (0.43–0.47 in). Head, abdomen and thorax are olive buff, with exception of a buff posterior part of the thorax and some buff longitudinal lines on the abdomen. The antennae are black with white spots; the legs ochreous white with longitudinal black lines. The forewings, olive buff in ground colour, have a narrow white edge to the outer costa. The hindwings are fuscous. ^[3]

References

1. Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Stangeia distantia". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Stangeia distantia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 14, 2018.
3. Clarke, J. F. Gates (1986). "Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago" . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (416): 1–485. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.416 . Retrieved 8 May 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Pinned specimen image at the Barcode of Life Data System