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Rectiostoma cirrhobasis

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Rectiostoma cirrhobasis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Rectiostoma
Species:
R. cirrhobasis
Binomial name
Rectiostoma cirrhobasis
(Duckworth, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Setiostoma cirrhobasis Duckworth, 1971

Rectiostoma cirrhobasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971.[1] It is found in the humid low highlands of Guatemala and El Salvador.

The wingspan is 11–15 mm. The forewings are yellow basally, concolorous and continuous with the thorax and tegula. The distal margin of the yellow area is bordered by a dark brown line immediately paralleled by a broad, transverse band of iridescent blue-violet scales. The hindwings are dark brown with a white patch on the anterior margin, some white scaling and white hair-pencils in the anal area near the base.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX: Revision of the Genus Setiostoma (Lepidoptera: Stenomidae) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.