Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Stomopteryx | |
Stomopteryx thoracica is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.
The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The forewings are dark grey, finely irrorated with whitish-grey and with a small yellow-ochreous basa1 patch, not reaching the costa, edged with blackish dots in the middle and on the dorsum. The plical and second discal stigmata are blackish. The hindwings are grey.
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