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Strobisia sapphiritis

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Strobisia sapphiritis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Strobisia
Species:
S. sapphiritis
Binomial name
Strobisia sapphiritis
Meyrick, 1914

Strobisia sapphiritis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana.[1]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are bronzy blackish with metallic-blue markings. There is a dot near the base in the middle, a curved oblique series of three towards the base, and one beneath the fold at one-fourth. There is an oblique strigula from the costa at one-third, and a dot beneath it. There is also an oblique streak from the middle of the costa reaching halfway across the wing and a triangle irregularly outlined on the dorsum beyond the middle, reaching nearly halfway across the wing. A curved irregular submarginal streak runs from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, thickest opposite the apex. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 12, 2015). "Strobisia sapphiritis Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 267. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.