Poole, Karen E.
Stictoptera
Sign in to saveStictoptera is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Euteliidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CASC, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, India, Philippines, Australia
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- Category:Stictoptera
- taxon name
- Stictoptera
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxonomic type
- Stictoptera cucullioides
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- Stictoptera
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Stictoptera is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
==Description== Palpi slender and nearly naked, where the second joint reaching vertex of head and third joint long. Antennae very long and slender. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts on proximal segments. Tibia slightly hairy. Forewings rather long and narrow with crenulate cilia. A small tuft of scales on the reniform can be seen. Frenulum of male very strong which is single in female.
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