Stangeia distantia

Stangeia distantia is a moth species of the family Pterophoridae. It was first described in 1986 by J. F. Gates Clarke,[1] and is known from Fatu-Hiva in the Marquesas Archipelago.[2][3]

Stangeia distantia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stangeia
Species:
S. distantia
Binomial name
Stangeia distantia
Clarke, 1986

Description

The species has a wingspan of 11โ€“12 millimetres (0.43โ€“0.47 in). Head, abdomen and thorax are olive buff, with exception of a buff posterior part of the thorax and some buff longitudinal lines on the abdomen. The antennae are black with white spots; the legs ochreous white with longitudinal black lines. The forewings, olive buff in ground colour, have a narrow white edge to the outer costa. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]

References

  1. Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Stangeia distantia". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Stangeia distantiaโ€‹". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  3. Clarke, J. F. Gates (1986). "Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (416). doi:10.5479/si.00810282.416. Retrieved 8 May 2023.


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