Stomopteryx frivola

Stomopteryx frivola is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Stomopteryx frivola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Stomopteryx
Species:
S. frivola
Binomial name
Stomopteryx frivola
Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are violet grey sprinkled with blackish. The stigmata form small cloudy darker spots followed by slight whitish-grey-ochreous scales, the discal approximated and the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is an irregular whitish angulated transverse line at three-fourths, tinged with greyish ochreous in the disc, on the costa forming a small spot. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (March 1, 2015). "Stomopteryx frivola Meyrick, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Stomopteryx frivola Meyrick, 1926". Afromoths. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  3. Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 330.


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