''Stathmopoda trichrysa'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the

Stathmopodidae Stathmopodidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. Taxonomy and systematics *'' Actinoscelis'' Meyrick, 1912 *'' Aeoloscelis'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Arauzona'' Walker, 865/small> *'' Atrijug ...

family. It is found on

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. This larvae feed in the dry pods of ''

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'' and '' Caesalpinia pidcherrima''.The food-plants or hosts of some Fijian insects. IV
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References

Moths described in 1920 Stathmopodidae {{Stathmopodidae-stub