Stangeia distantia

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

Stangeia distantia is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found on the Marquesas Archipelago.^[1]

The wingspan is 11–12 millimetres (0.43–0.47 in). The antenna are black, spotted with white and the head is olive buff. The thorax is olive buff, although buff posteriorly. The forewing ground colour is olive buff. The hindwings are fuscous.^[2]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Stangeia distantia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
^ Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Stangeia distantia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

[2] Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago

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