Stangeia distantia


Stangeia distantia is a moth species of the family Pterophoridae. It was first described in 1986 by J. F. Gates Clarke, and is known from Fatu-Hiva in the Marquesas Archipelago.

Description

The species has a wingspan of. Head, abdomen and thorax are olive buff, with exception of a buff posterior part of the thorax and some buff longitudinal lines on the abdomen. The antennae are black with white spots; the legs ochreous white with longitudinal black lines. The forewings, olive buff in ground colour, have a narrow white edge to the outer costa. The hindwings are fuscous.