Stomopteryx frivola

Stomopteryx frivola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Stomopteryx
Species: S. frivola
Binomial name
Stomopteryx frivola
Meyrick, 1926

Stomopteryx frivola is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1926. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are violet-grey irrorated blackish. The stigmata form small cloudy darker spots followed by slight whitish-grey-ochreous scales, the discal approximated and the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is an irregular whitish angulated transverse line at three-fourths, tinged greyish-ochreous in the disc, on the costa forming a small spot. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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