Stenoptilia petraea is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from India and Sri Lanka.[1]
| Stenoptilia petraea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Stenoptilia |
| Species: | S. petraea
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| Binomial name | |
| Stenoptilia petraea Meyrick, 1908
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The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The wingspan is 24–27 mm. The head and thorax are greyish-ochreous, with a white line above the eyes. The thorax is sometimes white-sprinkled. The antennae are grey and the abdomen is greyish-ochreous with suffused streaks of white irroration (speckling). The forewings are brownish-ochreous, becoming browner posteriorly, more or less sprinkled irregularly with whitish and blackish. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]
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- ^ Taxonomic Studies on the Superfamily Pterophoroidea from North-Western India
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
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