Stenoptilia coenei

Stenoptilia coenei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species: S. coenei
Binomial name
Stenoptilia coenei
Gielis, 2000

Stenoptilia coenei is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Terskey Alatau, Kyrgyzstan.[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The head is grey-brown and the antennae are dark brown, with some white scales. The thorax and tegulae are grey-brown, although the mesothorax is mixed whitish in the dorsal parts. The forewings are costally brown-grey and dorsally mixed with numerous white scales. The markings are dark brown. The hindwings are grey-brown and the fringes are brown-grey.

Adults have been recorded in July at an altitude of 3,000 to 3,200 meters.

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