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Stomopteryx diplodoxa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Stomopteryx

Stomopteryx diplodoxa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1936. It is found in Tunisia.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are blackish with a sinuous irregular white streak from the costa towards the base very obliquely to near the dorsum beyond the middle. There is a narrow irregular-edged straight transverse white fascia at two-thirds. The hindwings are grey.

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Stomopteryx diplodoxa Wikipedia