Stenopsestis bruna

Stenopsestis bruna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Stenopsestis
Species:	S. bruna
Binomial name
	Stenopsestis bruna; Jiang, Yang, Xue & Han, 2015

Stenopsestis bruna is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Nan Jiang, Chao Yang, Dayong Xue, Hongxiang Han in 2015.[1] It is found in the Chinese provinces of Hubei and Hunan.

The length of the forewings is 20–21 mm. The forewings are dark brown with blackish-brown transverse lines and a dark grey dot basally. The basal half and area outside the postmedial line are diffused with reddish-brown scales. The antemedial line is double and the inner line indistinct. The area between the inner antemedial line and the postmedial line is pale grey, suffused with dark grey scales on the upper part. The hindwings have indistinct transverse lines.

Etymology

The species name refers to the dark brown colour of the wings and is derived from Latin brunus (meaning brown).[2]

References

Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.

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[1] Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.

[2] Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.