Stenoptilia cercelegica

Stenoptilia cercelegica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Stenoptilia
Species:	S. cercelegica
Binomial name
	Stenoptilia cercelegica; Fazekas, 2003

Last updated August 30, 2025

Stenoptilia cercelegica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Mongolia (Arhangaj, Cerceleg).^[1]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are brown with some sprinkled white scales. Adults are on wing in August.

References

↑ Fazekas, Imre (2003). "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" [Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)]. Folia comloensis (in German). 12: 5–24.

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[Fazekas_2003-1] Fazekas, Imre (2003). "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" [Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)]. Folia comloensis (in German). 12: 5–24.

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