Stenoma patellifera

Stenoma patellifera is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Brazil.[1]

Stenoma patellifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Stenoma
Species:
S. patellifera
Binomial name
Stenoma patellifera
Meyrick, 1931

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light lilac brownish with a roundish depressed patch beneath the costa before the middle covered by greatly enlarged spatulate pale greyish scales directed posteriorly. The anterior part of the costal fold is dark fuscous, the posterior part ochreous whitish extended on the costal edge to the apex. There is some slight blackish irroration about the upper edge of the cell posteriorly and an undefiĀned irregular fuscous patch extending along the dorsum, posteriorly extended across the wing to near the costa. A series of blackish marks is found around the posterior part of the costa beneath the whitish edge, and around the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

References
  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (1): 34


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