# Sthenistis

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Genus of moths

Sthenistis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Immidae Genus: Sthenistis Hampson, 1896 Species: S. gyrtoniformis Binomial name Sthenistis gyrtoniformis Hampson, 1896

***Sthenistis*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) [moth](/source/Moth) genus in the family [Immidae](/source/Immidae). Its only species, ***Sthenistis gyrtoniformis***, is found in [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka). Both the genus and species were described by [George Hampson](/source/George_Hampson) in 1896.[1]

The [wingspan](/source/Wingspan) is about 22 mm (0.87 in). 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.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Savela, Markku. ["*Sthenistis* Hampson, 1896"](http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/immoidea/immidae/sthenistis/). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved November 1, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Hampson, G. F.](/source/George_Hampson) (1896). [*The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180032#page/573/mode/1up). Taylor and Francis. p. 541 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain).

Taxon identifiers Sthenistis Wikidata: Q13908489 Wikispecies: Sthenistis ButMoth: 27660.0 CoL: 92NBF EoL: 95772 GBIF: 1758434 Insecta.pro: 26517 IRMNG: 1045275 LepIndex: 121226 Open Tree of Life: 3047333 Sthenistis gyrtoniformis Wikidata: Q13482003 CoL: 6ZRQV EoL: 952743 GBIF: 1758436 Insecta.pro: 42061 IRMNG: 11297697 LepIndex: 121227 Open Tree of Life: 3047343

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