Stenostygia

Stenostygia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Genus: Stenostygia
Hampson, 1910
Species:
S. nigritula
Binomial name
Stenostygia nigritula
(Hampson, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Tarache nigritula Hampson, 1896

Stenostygia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Stenostygia nigritula, is found in Sri Lanka. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1910 and the species 14 years earlier in 1896.