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Stomopteryx maledicta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Stomopteryx

Stomopteryx maledicta is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Indonesia (Java).

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are dark grey speckled with grey-whitish throughout. The plical stigma is cloudy, obscurely darker, sometimes preceded and followed by slight whitish suffusion. The hindwings are grey.

References

Stomopteryx maledicta Wikipedia


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