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Torodora strophopa

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Species of moth

Torodora strophopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Torodora
Species: T. strophopa
Binomial name
Torodora strophopa
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia strophopa Meyrick, 1923

Torodora strophopa is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in southern India.

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are rather dark bronzy fuscous. The stigmata are black, the first discal moderate, others large, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal, the second discal transverse. There is a hardly perceptible lighter subterminal shade angulated outwards in the middle and inwards near the costa, on the costa pale ochreous. The hindwings are light grey.

References

  1. Markku Savela. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (1-2): 46Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Torodora strophopa


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