Stenovalva is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Stenovalva disclusa, which is found in Israel.[1]

Stenovalva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Genus: Stenovalva
Amsel, 1955
Species:
S. disclusa
Binomial name
Stenovalva disclusa
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Telphusa disclusa Meyrick, 1923
  • Stenovalva ghorella Amsel, 1955

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are grey confusedly speckled white and irregularly sprinkled blackish. There is a slender ochreous streak from the base above the middle to the costa beyond the middle, the posterior part suffused and hardly defined. A black dot is found on the lower edge of this at one-fourth of the wing and one in the middle of the disc (representing the first discal stigma). There is also a transverse mark of raised white and dark grey scales on the end of the cell, enlarged at the lower extremity. The hindwings are pale iridescent violet-grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 16  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.