Stenoptilodes medius

Stenoptilodes medius is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Ecuador.

Stenoptilodes medius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilodes
Species:
S. medius
Binomial name
Stenoptilodes medius
Gielis, 2006

The wingspan is about 27 millimetres (1.1 in). Adults are on wing in October and January.

Etymology

The name indicates that this is the central of three closely related species. The present species occurs in Ecuador, Stenoptilodes thrasydoxa flies to the north, in Colombia, and there is a third species, Stenoptilodes altiaustralis, to the south, in Peru.

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  • Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).
  • Data related to Stenoptilodes medius at Wikispecies
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