Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Stomopteryx | |
Stomopteryx sphenodoxa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in India.
The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are dark bluish-fuscous with a triangular whitish-ochreous spot on the costa beyond the middle. The hindwings are dark grey.
The larvae feed on Crotalaria species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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