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Torodora argocrossa

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Species of moth

Torodora argocrossa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Torodora
Species: T. argocrossa
Binomial name
Torodora argocrossa
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia argocrossa Meyrick, 1911

Torodora argocrossa is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are purplish fuscous. The stigmata are black, the plical rather obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a whitish dot on the costa at two-thirds, where sometimes a very faint pale curved or bent line runs to the dorsum and there is a blackish terminal line. The hindwings are grey with an oblique dark grey discal mark.

References

  1. Markku Savela. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (3): 710 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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