Rectiostoma silvibasis

Rectiostoma silvibasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971.[1] It is found in Venezuela.

Rectiostoma silvibasis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Rectiostoma
Species:
R. silvibasis
Binomial name
Rectiostoma silvibasis
(Duckworth, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Setiostoma silvibasis Duckworth, 1971

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

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  1. ^ "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX: Revision of the Genus Setiostoma (Lepidoptera: Stenomidae)  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.