| Stomopteryx cirrhocoma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Stomopteryx |
| Species: | S. cirrhocoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Stomopteryx cirrhocoma (Meyrick, 1914) | |
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Stomopteryx cirrhocoma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa. [1] [2]
The wingspan has a wingspan of around 16 mm. Its forewings are dark purplish fuscous in color, with obscure, elongated, blackish stigmata; the discal stigmata are positioned close together, while the plical stigma lies very obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey in coloration. [3]