Stangeia rapae

Stangeia rapae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Stangeia
Species:	S. rapae
Binomial name
	Stangeia rapae; Clarke, 1971

Stangeia rapae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in French Polynesia (Rapa Island).^[1]

The wingspan is 13–16 millimetres (0.51–0.63 in). The head is grey with scattered white scales. The thorax is grey, but posteriorly creamy white with three longitudinal pale, clay-coloured lines. The forewing ground colour is grey, dorsally suffused pale brownish. The hindwings are greyish fuscous.^[2]

The larvae feed on Sigesbeckia orientalis. They feed in the inflorescence of their host plant. Pupation takes place on the flower stalks or very small leaves.

References[]

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

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

[2] The Lepidoptera of Rapa Island

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