Torodora syrphetodes

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Torodora syrphetodes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Torodora
Species:
T. syrphetodes
Binomial name
Torodora syrphetodes
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia syrphetodesMeyrick, 1906

Torodora syrphetodes is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka. [1]

The wingspan is 25–27 mm. The forewings are fuscous, partially suffused with dark fuscous, irregularly strewn with pale ochreous. There is a small dark fuscous subbasal spot towards the costa. The discal stigmata are rather large, suffused and dark fuscous, connected by an irregular elongate pale ochreous patch, an additional dark fuscous dot before and above the second. There is a cloudy whitish-ochreous subterminal line, somewhat curved and indented beneath the costa. The hindwings are light fuscous. [2]

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References

  1. "Torodora Meyrick, 1894" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17 (1): 152 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .