Stenoma grandaeva

Stenoma grandaeva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Stenoma
Species:	S. grandaeva
Binomial name
	Stenoma grandaeva; (Zeller, 1854)
Synonyms
	Cryptolechia grandaeva Zeller, 1854; Stenoma chrysogastra Meyrick, 1915;

Stenoma grandaeva is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil and French Guiana.[1]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are greenish grey with the plical stigma very small and white. There is a fine C-shaped white mark on the end of the cell, and a white dot beyond each of its points. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References

"Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Description of Stenoma chrysogastra in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 476

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[1] "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Description of Stenoma chrysogastra in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 476