Stomopteryx frivola

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Stomopteryx frivola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Stomopteryx
Species:
S. frivola
Binomial name
Stomopteryx frivola
Meyrick, 1926

Stomopteryx frivola is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in South Africa. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are violet grey sprinkled with blackish. The stigmata form small cloudy darker spots followed by slight whitish-grey-ochreous scales, the discal approximated and the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is an irregular whitish angulated transverse line at three-fourths, tinged with greyish ochreous in the disc, on the costa forming a small spot. The hindwings are grey. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (March 1, 2015). "Stomopteryx frivola Meyrick, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Stomopteryx frivola Meyrick, 1926". Afromoths. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 330.


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