Stenoptilodes sematodactyla

Stenoptilodes sematodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Argentina.

Stenoptilodes sematodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilodes
Species:
S. sematodactyla
Binomial name
Stenoptilodes sematodactyla
(Berg, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia sematodactyla Berg, 1885
  • Platyptilia epidelta Meyrick 1908

The wingspan is 18–22 millimetres (0.71–0.87 in). Adults are on wing in December.

The larvae feed on a Mentha species.

  • Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).


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