Stenoma argospora

Stenoma argospora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Stenoma
Species: S. argospora
Binomial name
Stenoma argospora
Meyrick, 1915

Stenoma argospora is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in French Guiana and Guyana.[1]

The wingspan is 15-16 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with a slight purplish tinge and some small scattered irregular dots of white scales on the median third of the wing in the cell and a very faint curved subterminal series of small darker spots, and a marginal streak around the apex. The hindwings are blackish, in males with scattered hairscales.[2]

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