Stangeia distantia
| Stangeia distantia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Stangeia |
| Species: | S. distantia
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| Binomial name | |
| Stangeia distantia Clarke, 1986
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Stangeia distantia is a moth species of the family Pterophoridae. It was first described in 1986 by J. F. Gates Clarke,[1] and is known from Fatu-Hiva in the Marquesas Archipelago.[2][3]
Description[edit]
The species has a wingspan of 11–12 millimetres (0.43–0.47 in). Head, abdomen and thorax are olive buff, with exception of a buff posterior part of the thorax and some buff longitudinal lines on the abdomen. The antennae are black with white spots; the legs ochreous white with longitudinal black lines. The forewings, olive buff in ground colour, have a narrow white edge to the outer costa. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Stangeia distantia". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Stangeia distantia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ^ a b Clarke, J. F. Gates (1986). "Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (416): 1–485. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.416. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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