Rectiostoma silvibasis
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| Species: | R. silvibasis
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| Rectiostoma silvibasis (Duckworth, 1971)
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Rectiostoma silvibasis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971.[1] It is found in Venezuela.
The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are blackish brown, the basal third white tinged faintly with yellow on the costal edge. There are a few blackish-brown scales on the extreme edge of the costa and anal angle. The apical two thirds of the forewing are suffused with bronze-to-violet iridescent scales. The hindwings are blackish brown with a white patch on the basal half of the anterior margin.[2]
References
- ^ "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX: Revision of the Genus Setiostoma (Lepidoptera: Stenomidae)