Stenoma niphochlaena

Stenoma niphochlaena is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Peru.[1]

Stenoma niphochlaena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Stenoma
Species:
S. niphochlaena
Binomial name
Stenoma niphochlaena
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Ptilogenes niphochlaena Meyrick, 1926
  • Chlamydastis niphochlaena

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are fuscous, slightly purplish tinged, more or less sprinkled darker. There is an irregular-edged white basal patch occupying about one-third of the wing, angulated and prominent on the fold. There is some darker suffusion towards the costa beyond this, and about the middle. The second discal stigma is moderately large and dark fuscous and there is a terminal series of cloudy dark fuscous dots. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 233


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