Biology:Rectiostoma chrysabasis
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Rectiostoma |
| Species: | R. chrysabasis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rectiostoma chrysabasis (Duckworth, 1971)
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Rectiostoma chrysabasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil .[1][2]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are concolorous with the thorax and tegulae basally, extending to the midpoint. The distal margin is irregularly concave bordered by a broad, transverse band of iridescent blue violet. The apical portion of the forewing is dark brown, irregularly patterned with iridescent blue violet. The hindwings are dark brown apically and white basally.[3]
References
- ↑ "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Setiostoma chrysabasis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=116133.
- ↑ Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX: Revision of the Genus Setiostoma (Lepidoptera: Stenomidae)
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Wikidata ☰ Q25096122 entry
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