Biology:Stachyneura sceliphrodes

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of moth

Stachyneura sceliphrodes
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Stachyneura
Species:
S. sceliphrodes
Binomial name
Stachyneura sceliphrodes
(Meyrick, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Cryptophasa sceliphrodes Meyrick, 1925

Stachyneura sceliphrodes is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found in Queensland, Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea.[1][2]

The wingspan is 35–40 mm. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous with snow-white reflections, the veins are white sprinkled with dark red brown or sometimes suffused with reddish. There is a snow-white costal streak broad at the base and narrowed to a point at about three-fourths. The cell and dorsal area are more or less suffused with reddish or brown, with thick oblique streaks of blackish or dark red-brown sprinkles from the dorsum at one-third and beyond the middle, and a spot towards the tornus, the spaces between these sometimes suffused with white. There is a terminal series of blackish or dark red-brown triangular dots. The hindwings are light greyish ochreous.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed (December 15, 2013). "Stachyneura sceliphrodes (Meyrick, 1925)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/xyloryctidae/stachyneura/#sceliphrodes. Retrieved September 10, 2020. 
  2. McMillan, Ian (2 July 2010). "Stachyneura". http://xyloryctinemothsofaustralia.blogspot.com/2010/07/stachyneura.html. Retrieved 10 September 2020. 
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (5-7): 150. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q14378789 entry