Stenoplastis dyeri

Stenoplastis dyeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Stenoplastis
Species: S. dyeri
Binomial name
Stenoplastis dyeri
Miller, 2008

Stenoplastis dyeri is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found on the eastern side of the Andes in Ecuador.

The length of the forewings is 11.5–12 mm for males and 13 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is dark brown to blackish brown. The ground color of the hindwings is dark brown to blackish brown, slightly lighter in tone than the forewings. The anterior margin is lighter gray-brown in the basal two-thirds.

The larvae feed on Geonoma orbignyana.

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Lee Dyer, who discovered the larvae of this species feeding on an understory palm.

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