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Rectiostoma chrysabasis

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Rectiostoma chrysabasis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Rectiostoma
Species:
R. chrysabasis
Binomial name
Rectiostoma chrysabasis
(Duckworth, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Setiostoma chrysabasis Duckworth, 1971

Rectiostoma chrysabasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are concolorous with the thorax and tegulae basally, extending to the midpoint. The distal margin is irregularly concave bordered by a broad, transverse band of iridescent blue violet. The apical portion of the forewing is dark brown, irregularly patterned with iridescent blue violet. The hindwings are dark brown apically and white basally.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Setiostoma chrysabasis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  3. ^ Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX: Revision of the Genus Setiostoma (Lepidoptera: Stenomidae) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.