Stomopteryx thoracica
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Stomopteryx thoracica (Meyrick, 1911)
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Stomopteryx thoracica is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The forewings are dark grey, finely irrorated with whitish-grey and with a small yellow-ochreous basa1 patch, not reaching the costa, edged with blackish dots in the middle and on the dorsum. The plical and second discal stigmata are blackish. The hindwings are grey.[3]