page_title: Stathmopoda skelloni
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Stathmopoda skelloni / Description
caption_attribution_description: (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) Stathmopoda skelloni illustrated by Des Helmore.
context_page_description: Stathmopoda skelloni, the yellow featherfoot, is a species of moth in the Stathmopodidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.
context_section_description: Meyrick described this species as follows: 
  ♂♀︎. 12-15mm. Head, palpi, and antennae pale whitish-ochreous. Thorax whitish-ochreous. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous, greyish-tinged. Legs pale whitish-ochreous, anterior pair infuscated, apex of posterior tibiae grey. Forewings elongate, very narrow broadest near base, long-pointed ; whitish-ochreous, sometimes yellowish-tinged ; markings grey, very variable, sometimes partially margined by an ochreous suffusion ; normally an elongate spot on inner margin at ​¹⁄₃, a second beneath costa in middle, a third in disc at ​²⁄₃, a fourth before apex, and a slender subcostal line from second spot to costa near apex, but these tend to be variously connected and confused ; sometimes a streak along fold, or along anterior part of costa ; rarely a dark ochreous-fuscous suffusion towards base of inner margin : cilia light grey, sometimes ochreous-tinged. Hindwings and cilia light grey.
caption: Oecophoridae Stathmopoda skellon
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