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Stenoma crypsastra

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Species of moth

Stenoma crypsastra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Stenoma
Species: S. crypsastra
Binomial name
Stenoma crypsastra
Meyrick, 1915

Stenoma crypsastra is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana and Brazil.

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, faintly purplish tinged and with the apical margin slightly marked with white. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a rather large white spot in the middle of the disc.

References

  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (13): 414 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Stenoma crypsastra


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