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Semnostoma barathrota

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Semnostoma barathrota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Semnostoma
Species:
S. barathrota
Binomial name
Semnostoma barathrota
Meyrick, 1918

Semnostoma barathrota is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a whitish blotch along the basal fourth of the dorsum and a grey-whitish blotch, white on the anterior edge, extending along the posterior half of the dorsum and termen to near the apex, widest above the tornus, where it reaches three-fourths of the way across the wing, including a fine black longitudinal line in the disc in the posterior portion, its posterior end occupied by a blotch of grey suffusion. There is an oblique blue-leaden-metallic line from four-fifths of the costa to just beyond this blotch. The apical area beyond this is brownish, with three whitish costal dots separated by dark fuscous, the last edging a black pre-apical dot. The hindwings are bluish grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 6, 2014). "Semnostoma barathrota Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 128. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.