Steremniodes
Appearance
Steremniodes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
Genus: | Steremniodes Meyrick, 1923 |
Species: | S. sciactis
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Binomial name | |
Steremniodes sciactis Meyrick, 1923
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Steremniodes is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Steremniodes sciactis, which is found in French Guiana and Brazil (Amazonas).[1]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are fuscous, irregularly irrorated dark fuscous tending to form suffused dark fuscous streaks between the veins and along the fold, the costal area suffused dark fuscous. There are small dark fuscous marginal dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey speckled darker.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ funet.fi
- ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 38 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.