Strobisia sapphiritis

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

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

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
  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.


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