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Rectiostoma silvibasis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Rectiostoma

Rectiostoma silvibasis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in Venezuela.

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are blackish brown, the basal third white tinged faintly with yellow on the costal edge. There are a few blackish-brown scales on the extreme edge of the costa and anal angle. The apical two thirds of the forewing are suffused with bronze-to-violet iridescent scales. The hindwings are blackish brown with a white patch on the basal half of the anterior margin.

References

Rectiostoma silvibasis Wikipedia


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