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Rectiostoma argyrobasis

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Rectiostoma argyrobasis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Rectiostoma
Species:
R. argyrobasis
Binomial name
Rectiostoma argyrobasis
(Duckworth, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Setiostoma argyrobasis Duckworth, 1971

Rectiostoma argyrobasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in the humid low highlands of northern Venezuela and south-eastern Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are white basally, tinged with yellow on the costal edge. The distal margin of the white area is bordered by a dark brown line immediately paralleled by a broad, transverse band of iridescent blue violet. The apical half of the forewing is dark brown suffused with iridescent bronze-to-violet scales. The hindwings are dark brown with a white patch on the anterior margin and white hair-pencils along the anal veins.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 106: 25Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.