Rectiostoma argyrobasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971. It is found in the humid low highlands of northern Venezuela and south-eastern Brazil.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Rectiostoma |
Species: | R. argyrobasis
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Binomial name | |
Rectiostoma argyrobasis (Duckworth, 1971)
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The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are white basally, tinged with yellow on the costal edge. The distal margin of the white area is bordered by a dark brown line immediately paralleled by a broad, transverse band of iridescent blue violet. The apical half of the forewing is dark brown suffused with iridescent bronze-to-violet scales. The hindwings are dark brown with a white patch on the anterior margin and white hair-pencils along the anal veins.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 106: 25 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.