Stenoma Frondifer
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''Stenoma frondifer'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by
August Busck Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over ...
in 1914. It is found in Panama. The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark brownish fuscous with a greenish tint and strongly mottled with transverse, black striations. At the end of the cell lies a large oblong leafgreen spot which is connected by a narrow neck with another similar, but perpendicular, oval spot at the tornus. Below the first of these spots is a small, pure, white dot as in '' Antaeotricha virens''. The hindwings are light fuscous and unicolored.''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'' 47 (2043): 42


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Moths described in 1914 Stenoma {{Stenoma-stub