Rectiostoma cirrhobasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971.[1] It is found in the humid low highlands of Guatemala and El Salvador.
| Rectiostoma cirrhobasis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Rectiostoma |
| Species: | R. cirrhobasis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rectiostoma cirrhobasis (Duckworth, 1971) | |
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The wingspan is 11–15 mm. The forewings are yellow basally, concolorous and continuous with the thorax and tegula. The distal margin of the yellow area is bordered by a dark brown line immediately paralleled by a broad, transverse band of iridescent blue-violet scales. The hindwings are dark brown with a white patch on the anterior margin, some white scaling and white hair-pencils in the anal area near the base.[2]
References
edit- ↑ "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]"Archived 2015-11-21 at the Wayback Machine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ↑ Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX: Revision of the Genus Setiostoma (Lepidoptera: Stenomidae)
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