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Stangeia distantia

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Stangeia distantia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stangeia
Species:
S. distantia
Binomial name
Stangeia distantia
Clarke, 1986

Stangeia distantia is a moth species of the family Pterophoridae. It was first described in 1986 by J. F. Gates Clarke,[1] and is known from Fatu-Hiva in the Marquesas Archipelago.[2][3]

Description

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The species has a wingspan of 11–12 millimetres (0.43–0.47 in). Head, abdomen and thorax are olive buff, with exception of a buff posterior part of the thorax and some buff longitudinal lines on the abdomen. The antennae are black with white spots; the legs ochreous white with longitudinal black lines. The forewings, olive buff in ground colour, have a narrow white edge to the outer costa. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Stangeia distantia". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Stangeia distantia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Clarke, J. F. Gates (1986). "Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (416): 1–485. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.416. Retrieved 8 May 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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