Stomopteryx circaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Stomopteryx |
| Species: | S. circaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Stomopteryx circaea (Meyrick, 1911)
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The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are dark slaty fuscous. The stigmata are small and black, the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is a small flattened-triangular pale ochreous-yellowish spot on the costa at two-thirds. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (March 1, 2015). "Stomopteryx circaea (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Stomopteryx circaea (Meyrick, 1911)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (1): 67.