Stenoma hemilampra explained

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

The wingspan is 30–34 mm for males and about 40 mm for females. The forewings are violet fuscous, with a whitish gloss, the costa suffused with dark fuscous. There is an indistinct pale cloudy straight line, edged posteriorly with darker, from one-third of the costa to the middle of the dorsum. A strong black transverse mark is found on the end of the cell and there is a pale cloudy straight line, edged anteriorly with darker, from five-sixths of the costa to the tornus and there is a terminal series of black dots. The hindwings are grey, the apical half ochreous orange.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/stenomatinae/stenoma/ "Stenoma Zeller, 1839"
  2. https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid01meyr#page/470/mode/1up Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 470