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Stomopteryx eremopsis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Stomopteryx

Stomopteryx eremopsis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Namibia and South Africa.

The wingspan is 12-13 mm. The forewings are grey suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous. The stigmata are small and very indistinctly darker, the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are bluish-grey.

References

Stomopteryx eremopsis Wikipedia