Streniastis thermaea is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Tasmania.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Streniastis |
Species: | S. thermaea
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Binomial name | |
Streniastis thermaea (Lower, 1897)
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The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are orange yellow, deeper on the margins. There is a fine line of fuscous at the apex. The hindwings are black.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Streniastis thermaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (8 June 2014). "Streniastis thermaea (Lower, 1897)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22 (2): 271. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.