Stomopteryx eremopis

Stomopteryx eremopis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Namibia and South Africa.[1][2]

Stomopteryx eremopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Stomopteryx
Species:
S. eremopis
Binomial name
Stomopteryx eremopis
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Leuronoma eremopis Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are grey suffusedly sprinkled with dark fuscous. The stigmata are small and very indistinctly darker, the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are bluish grey.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (March 1, 2015). "Stomopteryx eremopis (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Stomopteryx eremopis (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): 67 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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