Stenoptilia mengeli

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Stenoptilia mengeli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. mengeli
Binomial name
Stenoptilia mengeli
Fernald, 1898 [1]

Stenoptilia mengeli is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Greenland and Nunavut, Canada.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The head, palpi, thorax, abdomen and legs are dark ashy grey. A fine white line occurs over each eye. The forewings are ashy grey and glistening. There are a few dark fuscous scales on the first lobe, forming an ill-defined longitudinal stripe on the middle. There is also a fuscous spot at the end of the cleft and a less distinct one on the middle of the cell. The hindwings are ashy grey. [2]

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References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. The pterophoridae of North America PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .