Stomopteryx elaeocoma

Stomopteryx elaeocoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Stomopteryx
Species: S. elaeocoma
Binomial name
Stomopteryx elaeocoma
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis elaeocoma Meyrick, 1918

Stomopteryx elaeocoma is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous finely irrorated with whitish. The stigmata are blackish, the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are light bluish-grey.[3]

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