Stenoma niphacma

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Stenoma niphacma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Stenoma
Species:
S. niphacma
Binomial name
Stenoma niphacma
Meyrick, 1916

Stenoma niphacma is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in French Guiana. [1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are dark slaty fuscous with the costal edge white from one-fourth onwards and with a white slightly irregular line from before the middle of the costa to two-thirds of the dorsum. There is a narrow white apical patch, attenuated to below the middle of the termen, marked with three blackish dots on the apical edge. The hindwings are rather dark grey. [2]

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References

  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (16): 510 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .