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Stenoma balanoptis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Stenoma

Stenoma balanoptis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is found in Peru.

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are white, the veins lined brownish ochreous, towards the dorsum and termen the ground colour suffused pale ochreous between the veins. The stigmata are dark brown, the first discal forming a very elongate spot, the second discal a small spot, the plical a linear mark obliquely before the first discal. There is a marginal series of dark brown linear marks on the posterior half of the costa and dots on the termen. The dorsal area is clothed with elongate scales towards the base. The hindwings are pale grey.

References

Stenoma balanoptis Wikipedia