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Stenoma externella

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Stenoma externella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Stenoma
Species:
S. externella
Binomial name
Stenoma externella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia externella Walker, 1864
  • Cryptolechia megaspilella Walker, 1864
  • Stenoma aggerata Meyrick, 1915

Stenoma externella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas) and Guyana.[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are pale yellow ochreous with a dark fuscous dorsal blotch extending from the base to the middle and reaching three-fourths across the wing, posteriorly obliquely rounded. There is a fascia-like patch of fuscous suffusion from beyond the cell to the dorsum before the tornus and a narrow terminal interrupted fascia of fuscous suffusion, leaving a terminal edge of ground colour. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Description of Stenoma aggerata in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (14): 428 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.