Rectiostoma silvibasis

Rectiostoma silvibasis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Rectiostoma
Species:	R. silvibasis
Binomial name
	Rectiostoma silvibasis; (Duckworth, 1971)
Synonyms
	Setiostoma silvibasis Duckworth, 1971;

Rectiostoma silvibasis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth in 1971.^[1] It is found in Venezuela.

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are blackish brown, the basal third white tinged faintly with yellow on the costal edge. There are a few blackish-brown scales on the extreme edge of the costa and anal angle. The apical two thirds of the forewing are suffused with bronze-to-violet iridescent scales. The hindwings are blackish brown with a white patch on the basal half of the anterior margin.^[2]

References

^ "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
^ Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX: Revision of the Genus Setiostoma (Lepidoptera: Stenomidae) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] "Rectiostoma Becker in Heppner, [1982]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

[2] Neotropical Microlepidoptera XX: Revision of the Genus Setiostoma (Lepidoptera: Stenomidae) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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