Stictochila delosticta

Stictochila delosticta is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1946.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.[2]

Stictochila delosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Stictochila
Species:
S. delosticta
Binomial name
Stictochila delosticta
Turner, 1946
Synonyms
  • Machimia delosticta Turner, 1946

The wingspan is 24–25 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-grey with sharply distinct dark fuscous dots and scanty irroration. The first discal is found at one-fourth, the plical slightly beyond and there is a second discal at three-fifths, with a dot beneath the second. There are also a few dots towards the base, a very slender fuscous line from the mid-costa to four-fifths, bent beneath the costa and ending on the tornus, slightly rippled or divided into dots, as well as a terminal series of dots continued on the apical fourth of the costa. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish, towards the apex slightly greyish.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Stictochila delosticta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. Stictochila at funet
  3. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 70 (3-4) : 107


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