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Stenoptilia cercelegica

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Stenoptilia cercelegica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. cercelegica
Binomial name
Stenoptilia cercelegica
Fazekas, 2003

Stenoptilia cercelegica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Mongolia (Arhangaj, Cerceleg).[1]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are brown with some sprinkled white scales. Adults are on wing in August.

References

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  1. ^ Fazekas, Imre (2003). "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" [Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)]. Folia comloensis (in German). 12: 5–24.