Biology:Stenoma adulans

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Short description: Species of moth

Stenoma adulans
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Stenoma
Species:
S. adulans
Binomial name
Stenoma adulans
Meyrick, 1925
Synonyms
  • Stenoma malacoxesta Meyrick, 1930

Stenoma adulans is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Peru and Pará, Brazil .[1]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are pale violet grey with the costal edge whitish ochreous. The plical and second discal stigmata are blackish grey. There is an evenly curved grey line from a blackish-grey thickening on the costa at four-fifths near the termen to the tornus. A marginal series of blackish dots are found around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References

  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 220

Wikidata ☰ Q14395775 entry