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Stomopteryx elaeocoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Stomopteryx

Stomopteryx elaeocoma is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous finely irrorated with whitish. The stigmata are blackish, the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are light bluish-grey.

References

Stomopteryx elaeocoma Wikipedia