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Steremniodes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Species
  
S. sciactis

Steremniodes is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Steremniodes sciactis, which is found in French Guiana and Brazil (Amazonas).

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are fuscous, irregularly irrorated dark fuscous tending to form suffused dark fuscous streaks between the veins and along the fold, the costal area suffused dark fuscous. There are small dark fuscous marginal dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey speckled darker.

References

Steremniodes Wikipedia