Rectiostoma ochrobasis
Rectiostoma ochrobasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971.[1] It is found in the humid low highlands of south-eastern Peru and Bolivia.
Rectiostoma ochrobasis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Rectiostoma |
Species: | R. ochrobasis |
Binomial name | |
Rectiostoma ochrobasis (Duckworth, 1971) | |
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The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with a pale yellow transverse band from the costa to the dorsum at the basal fourth, parallel to the distal margin of the yellow band extends a dark brown line followed by a broader band of iridescent blue. The apical two thirds of the forewing has a wide area of dark brown, scattered with iridescent bronze scales, followed distally by irregular patterns of iridescent violet. The hindwings are dark brown with a white patch on the anterior margin.[2]
References
- "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX: Revision of the Genus Setiostoma (Lepidoptera: Stenomidae)
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