Stomopteryx thoracica
| Stomopteryx thoracica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Stomopteryx |
| Species: | S. thoracica |
| Binomial name | |
| Stomopteryx thoracica (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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Stomopteryx thoracica is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
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.[3]
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