''Rectiostoma xuthobasis'' is a
moth in the family
Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
.
The
wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are yellow suffused with darker yellow scales basally, concolorous and continuous with the thorax and tegulae. There are a few light brown scales in the anal area. 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. The apical half of the forewing is dark brown suffused with iridescent copper scales irregularly patterned with iridescent blue-violet scales. The hindwings are dark brown with a white patch on the anterior margin and white and brown
hair-pencils in the anal area.
Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX: Revision of the Genus Setiostoma (Lepidoptera: Stenomidae)
References
Moths described in 1971
Rectiostoma
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