Stenoma externella

Stenoma externella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Stenoma
Species:	S. externella
Binomial name
	Stenoma externella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Cryptolechia externellaWalker, 1864; Cryptolechia megaspilellaWalker, 1864; Stenoma aggerataMeyrick, 1915;

Last updated December 08, 2023

Stenoma externella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas) and Guyana.^[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are pale yellow ochreous with a dark fuscous dorsal blotch extending from the base to the middle and reaching three-fourths across the wing, posteriorly obliquely rounded. There is a fascia-like patch of fuscous suffusion from beyond the cell to the dorsum before the tornus and a narrow terminal interrupted fascia of fuscous suffusion, leaving a terminal edge of ground colour. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

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References

↑ "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Description of Stenoma aggerata in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (14): 428 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Description of Stenoma aggerata in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (14): 428 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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