Stomopteryx frivola
Stomopteryx frivola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Stomopteryx |
Species: | S. frivola |
Binomial name | |
Stomopteryx frivola Meyrick, 1926 | |
Stomopteryx frivola is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1926. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are violet-grey irrorated blackish. The stigmata form small cloudy darker spots followed by slight whitish-grey-ochreous scales, the discal approximated and the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is an irregular whitish angulated transverse line at three-fourths, tinged greyish-ochreous in the disc, on the costa forming a small spot. The hindwings are grey.[3]
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