Stomopteryx circaea

Stomopteryx circaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Stomopteryx
Species: S. circaea
Binomial name
Stomopteryx circaea
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis circaea Meyrick, 1911

Stomopteryx circaea is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are dark slaty-fuscous. The stigmata are small and black, the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is a small flattened-triangular pale ochreous-yellowish spot on the costa at two-thirds. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

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