Stomopteryx frivola
Appearance
Stomopteryx frivola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Stomopteryx |
Species: | S. frivola
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Binomial name | |
Stomopteryx frivola Meyrick, 1926
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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]
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
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (March 1, 2015). "Stomopteryx frivola Meyrick, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Stomopteryx frivola Meyrick, 1926". Afromoths. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 330. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.