Stenoptilia tenuis

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Stenoptilia tenuis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. tenuis
Binomial name
Stenoptilia tenuis
(C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Mimeseoptilus tenuis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Mimeseoptilus gilvidorsis Zeller, 1877

Stenoptilia tenuis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 18–23 mm. Adults are on wing from February to May.

References[]

  1. ^ Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).
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