Stenoma surinamella

Stenoma surinamella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Stenoma
Species:	S. surinamella
Binomial name
Stenoma surinamella (Möschler, 1883)
Synonyms
Cryptolechia surinamella Möschler, 1883 Stenoma expilata Meyrick, 1915

Stenoma surinamella is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in the Guianas and Brazil.^[1]

The wingspan is 26-31 mm for males and about 38 mm for females. The forewings are whitish-ochreous with the extreme costal edge whitish. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the first discal indistinct, the plical obliquely beyond it. There is a faintly indicated irregularly curved fuscous shade from the middle of the costa to two-thirds of the dorsum and a curved series of cloudy fuscous lunulate dots from four-fifths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, sinuate inwards beneath the costa. A marginal series of small dark fuscous dots is found around the apex and termen. The hindwings are whitish-yellowish, in females faintly greyish-tinged on the basal half.^[2]

References

1. Stenoma at funet
2. Description of Stenoma expilata in Exot. Microlep. 1 (15): 469