Stenoptilia petraea

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Stenoptilia petraea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. petraea
Binomial name
Stenoptilia petraea
Meyrick, 1908

Stenoptilia petraea is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from India and Sri Lanka. [1]

The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The wingspan is 24–27 mm. The head and thorax are greyish-ochreous, with a white line above the eyes. The thorax is sometimes white-sprinkled. The antennae are grey and the abdomen is greyish-ochreous with suffused streaks of white irroration (speckling). The forewings are brownish-ochreous, becoming browner posteriorly, more or less sprinkled irregularly with whitish and blackish. The hindwings are rather dark grey. [2]

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