Stomopteryx elaeocoma

Stomopteryx elaeocoma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Stomopteryx elaeocoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Stomopteryx
Species:
S. elaeocoma
Binomial name
Stomopteryx elaeocoma
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis elaeocoma Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous finely sprinkled with whitish. The stigmata are blackish, the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are light bluish grey.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (March 1, 2015). "Stomopteryx elaeocoma (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Stomopteryx elaeocoma (Meyrick, 1918)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 19–20 – via Sabinet.


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