| Stangeia xerodes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Tribe: | Oxyptilini |
| Genus: | Stangeia |
| Species: | S. xerodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Stangeia xerodes Meyrick, 1886 |
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Stangeia xerodes is a moth of the Pterophoroidea family. It is found in most of mainland Australia, the Ryukyu Islands and Java.
The wingspan is about 10 mm.
The larvae feed on Cleome, Cajanus cajan and Acacia. They are about 12 mm long, cylindrical and moderately stout. The head is yellowish with an orange tinge, while the colour of the other segments is uniform pale yellow.[1]