Stenoptilia petraea explained

Stenoptilia petraea is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from India and Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The wingspan is 24–27 mm. The head and thorax are greyish-ochreous, with a white line above the eyes. The thorax is sometimes white-sprinkled. The antennae are grey and the abdomen is greyish-ochreous with suffused streaks of white irroration (speckling). The forewings are brownish-ochreous, becoming browner posteriorly, more or less sprinkled irregularly with whitish and blackish. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.zoosprint.org/ZooPrintJournal/2005/March/1787-1803.pdf Taxonomic Studies on the Superfamily Pterophoroidea from North-Western India
  2. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen1907roya/transactionsofen1907roya_djvu.txt Transactions of the Entomological Society of London