Stenoma periaula explained

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

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark violet grey with the costal edge white throughout, more strongly towards the base. There is a hardly curved white line from the middle of the costa to before three-fourths of the dorsum and a white line with waved anterior edge running around the apex and termen, marked with a series of small black dots on the marginal edge. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[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/510/mode/1up Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (16): 510