Biology:Stenoma grandaeva

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Short description: Species of moth

Stenoma grandaeva
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Stenoma
Species:
S. grandaeva
Binomial name
Stenoma grandaeva
(Zeller, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia grandaeva Zeller, 1854
  • Stenoma chrysogastra Meyrick, 1915

Stenoma grandaeva is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil and French Guiana.[1]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are greenish grey with the plical stigma very small and white. There is a fine C-shaped white mark on the end of the cell, and a white dot beyond each of its points. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References

  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Description of Stenoma chrysogastra in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 476 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q22286594 entry