Torodora parasema

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Torodora parasema
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Torodora
Species:
T. parasema
Binomial name
Torodora parasema
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia parasemaMeyrick, 1913

Torodora parasema is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in India (Bengal, Kanara, Himachal Pradesh). [1]

The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish fuscous with two blackish fasciae, slightly less oblique than the termen, at two-fifths and four-fifths respectively, the first rather dilated anteriorly in the disc, the second posteriorly edged with ochreous whitish on the costal third and rather convex on the middle third. There is a transverse blackish spot in the disc before the second fascia, its lower extremity tending to be separated. The hindwings are pale grey. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Markku Savela. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (3): 66 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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