Sthenistis

{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | genus = Sthenistis | parent_authority = [[George Hampson|Hampson]], 1896 | species = gyrtoniformis | authority = Hampson, 1896 | synonyms = }}

'''''Sthenistis''''' is a [[monotypic]] [[moth]] genus in the family [[Immidae]]. Its only species, '''''Sthenistis gyrtoniformis''''', is found in [[Sri Lanka]]. Both the genus and species were described by [[George Hampson]] in 1896.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/immoidea/immidae/sthenistis/ |title=''Sthenistis'' Hampson, 1896 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=November 1, 2018}}</ref>

The [[wingspan]] is about {{convert|22|mm|abbr=on}}. The forewings are pale brown, thickly marked with short dark brown streaks in the interspaces, the inner margin paler, also the outer area except towards the costa. There are traces of an antemedial line appearing as a wedge-shaped mark on the inner margin and there is a dark speck at the lower angle of the cell, with an obscure oblique line from it to the inner margin. The hindwings are fuscous brown. Females have broader forewings, with the inner and outer areas prominently paler.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hampson |first=G. F. |authorlink=George Hampson |date=1896 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180032#page/573/mode/1up |title=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV |publisher=Taylor and Francis |pages=541 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

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[[Category:Immidae]] [[Category:Moths of Asia]] [[Category:Monotypic moth genera]] [[Category:Taxa named by George Hampson]]