Eutorna insidiosa

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Eutorna insidiosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Eutorna
Species:
E. insidiosa
Binomial name
Eutorna insidiosa
Meyrick, 1910

Eutorna insidiosa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in India (Assam). [1]

The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The forewings are deep ochreous with the costal edge blackish towards the base and with a broad ferruginous-brown streak beneath the fold from the base to the tornus, suffused beneath and posteriorly, edged above with some black scales and then with whitish suffusion. There is a triangular patch of ferruginous-brown suffusion extending on the costa from two-fifths to near the apex and reaching half across the wing, edged anteriorly by a very oblique ochreous-whitish streak preceded towards the costa by some blackish irroration, and enclosing a shorter similar streak from the costa at three-fourths, the second discal stigma is round and black, edged with ochreous whitish and there are some blackish scales along the termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey. [2]

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References

  1. Eutorna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20 (1): 150 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .