Stenoma vita

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Stenoma vita
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Stenoma
Species:
S. vita
Binomial name
Stenoma vita
(Busck, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Gonioterma vitaBusck, 1911

Stenoma vita is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1911. It is found in Brazil and the Guianas. [1]

The wingspan is 24–25 mm. The forewings are light straw yellow, with a large brown shade resting on the dorsal edge and covering most of the wing. The brown shades gradually into the yellow and leaves the base, costal, and terminal edge pure yellow. On the costal edge are two very small dark brown dots, one on the middle and one at apical sixth. The hindwings are light straw yellow. [2]

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References

  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 40 (1815): 226 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .