Sternitta goateri

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Sternitta goateri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Sternitta
Species:
S. goateri
Binomial name
Sternitta goateri
Fibiger, 2011

Sternitta goateri is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011. It is found in Nuristan Province of Afghanistan.

The wingspan is 10.5–12 mm. The forewings are unicolorous light grey, but dark grey at the base of the costa and in the upper medial area. The crosslines are brown, including the interveinal dots that indicate the terminal line. The hindwing ground colour is whitish and the abdomen is whitish grey.

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