Stenoma strigivenata explained

Stenoma strigivenata is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in the Amazon region, Guyana and Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 21–27 mm for males and about 24 mm for females.[2] The forewings are ashy grey or whitish grey with the extreme coastal edge whitish. The plical and second discal stigmata are darker and obscure and there is a cloudy darker grey curved line from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, indented above the middle. A series of minute dark grey marginal dots is found around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey or light grey, somewhat darker posteriorly.[3]

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/454/mode/1up Description of Stenoma porinodes in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 454
  3. https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid01meyr#page/453/mode/1up Description of Stenoma entephras in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (15): 453