Stomopteryx biangulata

Stomopteryx biangulata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Mozambique.[1][2]

Stomopteryx biangulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Stomopteryx
Species:
S. biangulata
Binomial name
Stomopteryx biangulata
Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are dark grey, the costal half of the wing from the base to two-thirds is largely suffused with ochreous whitish and the costa towards the base is narrowly suffused with dark fuscous. The stigmata are large and blackish, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a white oblique line, slightly sinuate, from the costa at three-fourths to near the middle of the termen, then acutely angulated inwards to the second discal stigma, and again acutely angulated to the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (March 1, 2015). "Stomopteryx biangulata Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Stomopteryx biangulata Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 77 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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