Stathmopoda calyptraea

Stathmopoda calyptraea is a species of moth of the family Stathmopodidae. It is found in Myanmar.

Stathmopoda calyptraea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Stathmopodidae
Genus: Stathmopoda
Species:
S. calyptraea
Binomial name
Stathmopoda calyptraea
Meyrick, 1908

This species has a wingspan of about 10 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a white basal patch occupying two-fifths of the wing, its outer edge inwardly oblique from the costa. There is some undefined whitish suffusion about two-thirds and before the apex. The hindwings are fuscous.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Meyrick, 1908. XXXIX. New Micro-Lepidoptera from India and Burma. - Rec. Ind. Mus. 2 : 396   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.