''Stenoma ovatella'' is a
moth in the family
Depressariidae. It was described by
Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in
Brazil (
Amazonas) and
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
.
Adults are very pale ochraceous, with the forewings rounded at the tips, and with a short longitudinal ferruginous streak in the disc before the middle, and with an oblique irregular interrupted ferruginous line, which extends to the costa beyond the middle. There is a submarginal line like the preceding one but less distinct and the costa is very slightly convex, while the exterior border is convex, but not oblique. The hindwings are cinereous brown.
''List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum'' 29: 742
References
Moths described in 1864
Stenoma
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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