Rectiostoma cirrhobasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971.[1] It is found in the humid low highlands of Guatemala and El Salvador.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Rectiostoma |
Species: | R. cirrhobasis
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Binomial name | |
Rectiostoma cirrhobasis (Duckworth, 1971)
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The wingspan is 11–15 mm. The forewings are yellow basally, concolorous and continuous with the thorax and tegula. The distal margin of the yellow area is bordered by a dark brown line immediately paralleled by a broad, transverse band of iridescent blue-violet scales. The hindwings are dark brown with a white patch on the anterior margin, some white scaling and white hair-pencils in the anal area near the base.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX: Revision of the Genus Setiostoma (Lepidoptera: Stenomidae) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.