''Stathmopoda calyptraea'' is a species of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family
Stathmopodidae
Stathmopodidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.
Taxonomy and systematics
*'' Actinoscelis'' Meyrick, 1912
*'' Aeoloscelis'' Meyrick, 1897
*'' Arauzona'' Walker, 865/small>
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. It is found in
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
.
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.
Meyrick, 1908. XXXIX. New Micro-Lepidoptera from India and Burma. - Rec. Ind. Mus. 2 : 396
References
Stathmopodidae
Moths described in 1908
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