Stathmopoda placida
Appearance
Stathmopoda placida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Stathmopodidae |
Genus: | Stathmopoda |
Species: | S. placida
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Binomial name | |
Stathmopoda placida Meyrick, 1908
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Stathmopoda placida is a species of moth of the family Stathmopodidae. It is found in Myanmar.
This species has a wingspan of 10–11 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, with a slight purplish tinge and two broad white fasciae, the first very broad dorsally, where it covers the basal third of the wing, much narrowed towards the costa at beyond one-fourth, the margins straight, enclosed the basal area of the costa ochreous-whitish irrorated with black. The second fascia is found at two-thirds. It is rather narrowed towards the costa, with the anterior edge straight, the posterior convex and oblique. The hindwings are grey.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Meyrick, 1908. XXXIX. New Micro-Lepidoptera from India and Burma. - Rec. Ind. Mus. 2 : 396 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.