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Stenoma picrantis

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ14400155 ↗
Source-derived summary

Stenoma picrantis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Pará, Brazil.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Stenoma picrantis” as species of insect. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1930—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Stenoma, picrantis and species can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of insect. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14400155. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1930.

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This entry incorporates text from “Stenoma picrantis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.