Stomopteryx praecipitata

Stomopteryx praecipitata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Stomopteryx
Species: S. praecipitata
Binomial name
Stomopteryx praecipitata
Meyrick, 1918

Stomopteryx praecipitata is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in southern India and Bengal.[1]

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with the plical stigma obscurely blackish. There is a straight direct rather irregular-edged narrow white fascia at two-thirds, in one specimen reduced and almost obsolete dorsally. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

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