Stenoma volitans

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

Stenoma volitans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Stenoma
Species:
S. volitans
Binomial name
Stenoma volitans
Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is about 33 mm. The forewings are ochreous brown, on the posterior third thinly strewn with elongate flat pale violet-grey scales tipped blackish, a few also about the fold. The costal edge is ochreous rosy throughout, edged beneath with greyish violet. The plical and second discal stigmata are blackish. The hindwings are ochreous yellow.[2]

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


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