Stathmopoda placida

Stathmopoda placida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Stathmopodidae
Genus:	Stathmopoda
Species:	S. placida
Binomial name
	Stathmopoda placida; Meyrick, 1908

Stathmopoda placida is a species of moth of the family Stathmopodidae. It is found in Myanmar.

This species has a wingspan of 10–11 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, with a slight purplish tinge and two broad white fasciae, the first very broad dorsally, where it covers the basal third of the wing, much narrowed towards the costa at beyond one-fourth, the margins straight, enclosed the basal area of the costa ochreous-whitish irrorated with black. The second fascia is found at two-thirds. It is rather narrowed towards the costa, with the anterior edge straight, the posterior convex and oblique. The hindwings are grey.[1]

References

Meyrick, 1908. XXXIX. New Micro-Lepidoptera from India and Burma. - Rec. Ind. Mus. 2 : 396 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Meyrick, 1908. XXXIX. New Micro-Lepidoptera from India and Burma. - Rec. Ind. Mus. 2 : 396 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.