''Stegommata hesperias'' is a species of

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in the genus

Stegommata ''Stegommata'' is a genus of moths in the family Lyonetiidae. Species *''Stegommata hesperias'' Meyrick, 1893 *''Stegommata leptomitella'' Meyrick, 1880 *''Stegommata sulfuratella'' Meyrick, 1880 External linksButterflies and Moths of the ...

. It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1893. It is found in

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, where it has been recorded from

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. The

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is 10–11 mm. The forewings are snow-white with four pale brownish-ochreous oblique streaks from the posterior half of the costa, reaching about half across the wing, the fourth little oblique. There is a series of cloudy indistinct pale brownish-ochreous spots along the inner and hind margin, not reaching half across the wing. There is also a round black apical dot. The hindwings are grey.Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVI. Tineidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 7(4): 477-612; p. 603
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Lyonetiidae Moths described in 1893 {{Lyonetiidae-stub